Spring Fling Art Battle-Sip Savour & Enjoy for Kidney Foundation of Canada

The inaugural Spring Fling “Sip, Savour & Enjoy” Art Battle in support of The Kidney Foundation of Canada brought together great food, great drinks and great art at the Artscape Wychwood Barns.

Six young very talented artists competed for recognition via ARTSCORE, a computerized voting system. There was also a Silent Auction area with proceeds going to the Kidney Foundation of Canada. The artists painted to loud up-tempo beat music that continued for the duration of the Fling -‘though not one was dancing’. While watching the acrylic creations, the patrons bought tickets and had access to an extensive selection of craft beers, wine, and appetizers. There were so many types of beer, even when I stayed for the whole event with my assistant, we could not try them all. The selection we did try proved to be exceptional and would recommend all of them.

Beer:

Wellington Brewery
Beau’s All Natural
Steam Whistle
SideLaunch Brewery
Junction Craft
Amsterdam Brewery
Mill Street
Kensington Brewery

Wine, Spirits ,Coffee:

Majestic Wine
PMA Spirits
Doi Chaang Coffee
Creekside Estates
Rosewood Wine

The were seven food venders offering small portions of appetizers. Hence the ratio of food to alcoholic beverages ensured that the party was a very happy one, especially when the evening came to an end. The dishes where stylishly presented, it was obvious that the chefs spent time creating the visually pleasing dishes. Wychwood Barns is a great venue for this event combined with the art entertainment, music and all the outstanding micro brews made the evening a whole lot of fun.
Appetizers:

Barque Smokehouse

Elle Cuisine
They offered seafood salad combinations which included smoked salmon and fresh herbs with pickled vegetables.

Elle Cuisine

Elle Cuisine

Elle Cuisine

Elle Cuisine

Elle Cuisine

Del Fico Catering

Le Dolci
Offering fun foods, cup cakes, cookies, muffins, etc. The specialized in teaching baking classes from their Dundas West kitchen studio.

Le Dolci

Le Dolci

Le Dolci

Le Dolci

Le Dolci

P&L Catering
Parts and Labour Catering was serving up Spring Lamb Pho with milk fed piglet head cheese. (Too hot! and head cheese?)

P&L Catering

P&L Catering

Treeline Catering
Provided a larger plate including a Pulled Pork Slider, Salad, Pickled Veggies and small meat wrapped appetizers.

Treeline Catering

Treeline Catering

Treeline Catering

Whole Foods
One ticket got you a meat dish with sides of guacamole, coleslaw and a small bun.

Whole Foods

Whole Foods

Whole Foods

Featured Artists:

Peter Chan
Toronto based creative who is exploring the human condition with his soft realistic style.

Carlos Delgado
A Colombian painter who likes to express images of people in the abstract graphic style. Carlos’s canvases are the crowd favourite, and on this evening are drawing bids over $500 for his portraits.

Natashia Dichpan 
Born in Russia and working in Toronto Natashia is an accomplished animator known for her graphic comic book renderings.

Olga Pankova 
This Mississauga portrait artist has a bright and colourful creative whim, changing up for this venue to produce striking landscapes.

Jacqueline Poirier 
Jacqueline is the resident artist at the Ritz Carlton where she renders custom images on plates for her clients. She also holds the record for most Art Battle wins.

Tony Taylor
Tony is a graduate of OCADU and University of London England. His art portrays social interactions through the use of human/animal caricatures.

Junction Craft

Junction Craft

Junction Craft

Junction Craft

P&L Catering

P&L Catering

Kensinton Brewery

Kensinton Brewery

Amsterdam Brewery

Amsterdam Brewery

Amsterdam Brewery

Natashia Dichpan

Tony Taylor

Peter Chan

Jacqueline Poirier

Olga Pankova

Carlos Delgado

Natashia Dichpan

Creekside Estates

Rosewood Wine

Doi Chaang Coffee

Doi Chaang Coffee

Doi Chaang Coffee

Le Dolci

Le Dolci

Le Dolci

Le Dolci

Le Dolci

Mill Street

Mill Street

Steam Whistle

Steam Whistle

Steam Whistle

PMA Spirits

PMA Spirits

Jacqueline Poirier

Olga Pankova

Natashia Dichpan

Tony Taylor

Peter Chan

Whole Foods

Whole Foods

Whole Foods

Whole Foods

Whole Foods

Whole Foods

Treeline Catering

Treeline Catering

Treeline Catering

SideLaunch Brewery

SideLaunch Brewery

SideLaunch Brewery

Elle Cuisine

Elle Cuisine

Elle Cuisine

Elle Cuisine

Elle Cuisine

Olga Pankova

Jacqueline Poirier

Jacqueline Poirier

Tony Taylor

Beau’s All Natural

Carlos Delgado

Wellington Brewery

Peter Chan

(photos by Todd Peterson)