Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Jazmine Limon. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Jazmine, appreciate you joining us today. If you could go back in time do you wish you had started your business sooner or later

I do sometimes wish I’d started my career as an artist sooner. I’ve been creating art forever but doing it as my actual career is pretty recent. If I’d started sooner my following might be bigger, my style and ability would be more developed. However, when I think deeper, I realize that my style might not at all be what it is now had I not begun after the birth of my daughter. With her birth came my biggest inspiration. I’d always been searching for what it was I wanted my art to look like, revolve around. I knew I wanted it to be spooky, and kinda cute, and baby skeletons kinda just made sense. Childlike in theme but creepy in nature. So, although I would be farther along if I’d started sooner, my art also might not be what it is. Though I’m always trying to make the next piece better than the last, especially in terms of ability, I’m very happy with what I’m painting in theme.

Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers.

I’m Jazzie Limón, and I work with oil paint on canvas to create pieces that I pair with frames I feel match/compliment the art. I stick to smaller pieces, mini’s (the smallest so far fitting in a locket 3/8ths of an inch x 3/8ths of an inch). I prefer to work 3in x 5in and under. Though I have done bigger, there’s just something I love about the challenge of packing detail into small pieces. Plus, minis are just cute, you know? Spooky-cute is the overall vibe I’m going for. But digging deeper, the content of my art is fetal/toddler skeletons, paired with depictions of childhood and the nature of childhood. In my art I’m trying to create a world of little skeleton children living happily and freely exploring the wonder of childhood. I feel like the concept is unique and that’s something I’m excited about. It combines such a dark aspect of life with the most lighthearted and innocent aspect of life I can think of.

My father is an artist so my entire life I’ve had the privilege of being surrounded by art and watching an artist work. He’s been such a huge influence, support and guide in this journey. Though, my daughter is the biggest inspiration and motivation for me, It’s really incredible getting to re-experience that childlike wonder with her. Seeing everything as brand new again, through her eyes. Almost every new idea comes from experiences I have with her. It’s been really important to me to follow my dream of becoming an artist for me but also for her. I want to make sure she knows it’s important to go after what you truly want, and not to settle for less. Create a life you love.

We’d love to hear the story of how you turned a side-hustle into a something much bigger.

So this actually became my full-time career after my maternity leave ended. I absolutely couldn’t leave my daughter, so I quit my job and I had to do something to generate income. It truly was a blessing because it gave me the courage to dive headfirst into what I’d always wanted. I’m still in the beginning of growing my business and brand, it’s only been a year since I started. I’m lucky that I have my dad, an artist who already had quite a big following and shouts me out on social media here and there. It’s been a lot of creating and then doing my best to (respectfully) shove my art in peoples faces the best I can so that they know my creations exists haha. I hope to start showing my art in person and interacting with people directly, like in a booth during conventions, in galleries and the like. For the time being though, most of my following has grown through social media advertising.

What’s a lesson you had to unlearn and what’s the backstory?

It’s actually something I’m still trying to unlearn. I feel like it’s easy for many to judge that this is how Ive chosen to generate income, and not truly see it as a respectable career path. Like it’s just some temporary hobby. Especially as a mom, I always feel like I should be doing more. Though I have an artist as a father, I grew up programmed to think that I had to go to school and get a stable job working for someone else to be successful. It took a big leap of faith in myself to say no, you can do this, you can build a career as an artist, work for yourself and truly love what you do. Your ideas are valuable, your art is valuable, and you are not less than for choosing to create art and make that your career path.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.jazzielimon.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jazzie_limon/profilecard/?igsh=amM4bzFudHo0bXZr
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/19brZf1mW8/?mibextid=wwXIfr
• Other: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jazzielimon?_t=8sioEAm5xTL&_r=1