In 2003, Jovan Benito was introduced by her friend, Jennylyn Morada to her painter-brother, Jerry who straightaway caught his fancy. As the two went along with their relationship, her apprenticeship under him also began to commence which got her started to the rudimentary of oil painting. As part of her training, Morada left her a blank canvas in the studio to pursue anything that she liked and so she turned up a busy market scene with harried market vendors and shoppers donned in colorful Filipiniana attires all wanting to finish their morning tasks.