Hello There !

Welcome to my website… an open canvas which captures the passion and essence of my journey, where developing and progressing in a world of enlightened expression finds me immense fulfilment.
The lockdown inspired me to start afresh in pursuits of creativity and hence my website was formed as a platform to present my expressions and also engage with other creative people extensively. I am enjoying engaging with artists, further sharing their journey and skills and together exploring toward a unique innovatory vision!
Explore my site and feel free to leave me a comment, with thanks and appreciation!

– Jean D’Souza

A bit about my Projects

Watercolour

My mum inspired me to start painting, her few motivating and inspiring sessions while growing up as a young teenager sown in me the seed to paint in watercolours. My mum was an excellent artist, unique and a conceptual visionary who (God rest her soul)did not get a chance to parlay her talents…
Later on my art teacher Miss Sumangala encouraged me, she was a mentor and tutor to me and I used to be overjoyed during her art classes at school. As life moved on I could not progress further in art due to academic and other commitments. After my mum’s passing I decided to start water-colouring again, self teaching helped me cope with bereavement and gave me comfort from memories with my mum. As years pass by and life unravels divine teachings and elevations I have learned so much and find great joy in painting and sharing my creativity with others!

Photoart

My dad’s passion for photography instilled in me a deep liking and an exploring sense to photography. I recollect nostalgically how my dad’s penchant to buy the then latest camera models to learn newer techniques was infectious and amazing. His zest for capturing natural beauty and animate poses is truly inspiring. He lovingly made us pose under trees (to avoid the harsh sun) and assembled my family by monuments and edifices capturing memorable moments, by religious deities and popular statues that spoke history, by flowers and fountains, lakes and mountains that spoke nature, …
I carry this family tradition and trend from my father, a trend that brought my family joy, abundant excitement and cherished memories and I hope someday to pass this on to the future generation!!

Choral

A majority of my schooling years were in Belgaum my hometown where I studied at St Joseph’s convent high school then run by the Italian Canossian nuns, and now run by our own Canossian nuns of Indian descent. My love for music with deep impressions was induced by my singing teacher Sr Genevieve D’Silva who was from a part Portuguese descent, she incidentally also taught my mum singing and music. Sr Genevieve was a highly talented music teacher, a natural composer with an amazing sense of euphonic ability. She shared her passion and love for music in those insightful sessions with her, imparting those invaluable skills and especially an affinity toward church music. Thus my love for music grew and it inspires me to develop further to this day, every time I hear music especially soft instruments it connects me into this ethereal world of music!!

Poems & Quotes

I was blessed to have some really lovely english teachers at my alma maters … Miss Meena, Miss Philomena and Mother Brigette who opened my mind to reading and turned my attention into a amazing world of ethnic literature, prose and poetry. This passion took me to places vicariously while I also learned a lot by reading all sorts of unusual topics for a young child including green farming, preserving the environment, nature and human behaviours which made my learning engaging, practical and fun!.
I now write from what inspires me, something that teaches me more about human connections to divinity, art, love and hope!

Leave a Message !

For more information about how to share your projects and thoughts on my website, please share your details and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible.

Glad to hear from you !

Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.
Name

Hello There !

Welcome to my website … an open canvas which captures the passion and essence of my journey into new learnings such as photography, music, travel, art and poetry.
The lockdown inspired me to start afresh and hence my website was created as a platform to engage all budding and developing artists globally; writers, painters, fashion designers, chefs, tailors, carpenters, musicians and so on…. and I am enjoying engaging my family and friends into sharing their journey and hobbies too !!!
Explore the site and feel free to leave a comment, join me in sharing ‘your journey’, ‘your hobbies’ and any fresh career pursuits -Jean D’Souza

A bit about my Projects

Watercolour

My mum inspired me to start painting, her few motivating sessions while growing up as a young teenager sown in me the seed to paint in watercolours, my mum was an excellent artist who (bless her soul)did not get a chance to parlay her talents…
Further on my art teacher Miss Sumangala encouraged me, she was a mentor and tutor to me and I used to be overjoyed during her art classes at school. As life moved on I could not progress further as I started college and later moved from my hometown. After my mum’s passing demise I started water-colouring back again, it has helped me cope with bereavement and given me comfort from memories with my mum.

Photoart

Once more my dad’s passion for photography instilled in me a deep liking and an exploring sense to photography. I recollect nostalgically how my dad lovingly made us pose under trees to avoid the harsh sun and assembled my family by monuments and edifices, by religious deities and popular statues, by flowers and fountains, lakes and mountains, …
I carry this family tradition and trend from my father, a trend that brought my family joy, abundant excitement and cherished memories and I hope someday my son would follow me too !!

Choral

 A majority of my schooling years were in Belgaum my hometown, I studied at the St Joseph’s convent high school then run by the Italian Canossian nuns and now run by our own Indian Canossian nuns. My music and singing teacher Sr Genevieve who incidentally also taught my mum singing and music was a highly talented music teacher with an amazing sense of musical ability. Sr Genevieve shared with me her passion and love for music imparting those invaluable skills and affinity to church music. Thus my love for music grew and it inspires us every time we sing!!!

Poems & Quotes

I was blessed to have some really lovely English teachers at my alma mater’s … Miss Meena, Miss Philomena and Mother Brigette who opened my mind and turned my attention to a amazing world of literature, especially poetry.
This passion took me to places vicariously while I also learned a lot by reading all sorts of unusual topics for a young child including green farming, preserving the environment, and human behaviours which made my learning practical and fun!.
Quotes are all from my uncle Cyril Carvalho who is a gem of a person. My uncle believes in practical wisdom and human goodness, and he goes about doing many acts of charity with an environment friendly vision.
He says “My conscience inspires and guides me in everything I do and say”!!
I hope that his weekly “inspirational reflections” on my homepage brings about goodness to our world!

Leave a Message !

For more information about how to share your projects and thoughts on my website, please share your details and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible.

Glad to hear from you !

Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.
Name