Click for Recap and pics of 2015 ART BATTLE INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP @ PAN-AM GAMES!
The 2015 Art Battle Canada National Championship was held July 16th at The Westin in Ottawa. Champion painters from across the country took to the easels to paint it out in the hope of becoming the 2015 National Champion, the top painters also qualifying for the first ever International Live Painting Championship at the Pan-Am Games in Toronto.
With brushes flying, music pumping, drinks rising, and votes rolling in after 3 rounds of amazing live painting, a new National Champion was crowned. Congratulations to all of our Canadian Championship artists, and to Leanna TenEycke of Oakville Ontario, the 2015 Art Battle Canada National Champion!
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2015 National Competitors
Diane Fontaine – Ottawa Champion
Nick Sweetman – Toronto Champion
Maliciouz – Montréal Representative
Ame Papatsie – Nunavut Representative
Golriz Rezvani – Alberta Champion
Doug Belding – Nova Scotia Champion
Jordan Meekis – Ottawa Representative
Laura McNeice – Vancouver Champion
Allee Olmstead – Saskatchewan Champion
Charlie Johnston – Manitoba Champion
Hovey Eyres – Victoria Champion
Sara Perry – Prince Edward Island Champion
Leanna TenEycke – Golden Horseshoe Champion WINNER!
Kalkidan Assefa – Canada Day All-Stars Champion
Jill Higgins – New Brunswick Champion
Mary-Louise Scappaticci – Eastern Ontario Champion
Mathieu Robert – Montréal Champion
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- The Art Battle National Championship
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- Setting the stage
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- Artist Manager Morgan Booth auditioning for Pixar’s UP 2
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- Event Producer Jamil Keyani striving for perfection
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- Champions assembled at the painters meeting
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- AB Champion Painters from West to East Coast
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- Nunavut Champ Ame Papatsie selecting his battle gear
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- Tools of the trade
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- Steintology and AB Co-Founder Simon Plashkes making sure the vibe is right
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- Our beautiful host Tanya Casole-Gouveia
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- AB Co-Founder Chris Pemberton
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- Challenging Ottawa to cheer the loudest in the country
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- Montréal Champ Maliciouz
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- Nunavut Champ Ame Papatsie
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- Alberta Champ Golriz Rezvani
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- 3, 2, 1, LET’S PAINT!
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- Vancouver Champion Laura McNeice off to a strong start
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- Saskatchewan Champion Allee Olmstead
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- Yes, Ame is painting 2 handed
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- Toronto Champion Nick Sweetman
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- Slow Tornado of art appreciation
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- AB throwdown with Alberta Champion Golrz Rezvani
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- Montréal Champ Malicouz making the finishing touches
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- Ottawa’s Jordan Meekis in the zone
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- Nova Scotia’s most photogenic painter, Doug Belding
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- No seriously, Ame really paints 2 handed
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- AB Co-Founder Simon Plashkes and PEI Organizer Al Douglas
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- Diane Fontaine Round Winning Painting
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- Toronto Champion Nick Sweetman Round Winnining Painting
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- Montréal Champion Maliciouz
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- Nunavut Champion Ame Papatsie
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- Alberta Champion Golriz Rezvani
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- Nova Scotia Champion Doug Belding
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- Jordan Meekis – Ottawa
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- Vancouver Champion Laura McNeice
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- Saskatchewan Champion Allee Olmstead Round Winning Painting
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- Silent auction of Round 1 works
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- Brave wildcard painter drawn from the crowd
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- Manitoba Champion Charlie Johnston challenges artists to a paint off
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- Montreal Champion Mathieu Robert accepts
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- Prince Edward Island Champion Sara Perry
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- Golden Horseshoe Champ Leanna TenEycke thinking battle strategy
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- Ottawa’s Kalkidan Assefa
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- New Brunswick Champion Jill Higgins
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- Mathieu Robert in stoic preparation
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- Brave wildcard artist drawn from the crowd
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- Mathieu’s duel begins
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- Mary-Louise Scappaticci
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- Charlie “C5” Johnston
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- Victoria BC Champion Hovey Eyres
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- New Brunswick Champion Jill Higgins
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- Ottawa’s Kalkidan Assefa
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- ACTION PAINTING
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- Victoria Champion Hovey Eyres
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- PEI Champion Sara Perry
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- Leanna TenEycke
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- Mary-Louise Scappaticci
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- Kalkidan Assefa
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- Jill Higgins
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- Manitoba Champion Charlie “C5” Johnston
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- Victoria Champion Hovey Eyres
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- PEI Champion Sara Perry
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- Golden Horseshoe Champion Leanna TenEycke – Round Winning Painting
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- Ottawa All Star Kalkidan Assefa
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- New Brunswick Champion Jill Higgins Round Winning Painting
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- Eastern Ontario Champion Mary-Louise Scappaticci Round Winning Painting
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- Wildcard artist
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- All clothes become paint clothes
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- Jill getting ready for the Final Round
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- Allee Olmstead
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- Leanna TenEycke
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- Ottawa Champion Diane Fontaine ready to rock
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- Eastern Ontario Champion Mary-Louise Scappaticci
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- New Brunswick Champion Jill Higgins in the Final Round
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- Toronto Champion Nick Sweetman/Wolverine
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- Ottawa Champion Diane Fontaine in the Final Round
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- Leanna TenEycke adding the finishing touches
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- Allee Olmstead holding steady
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- Ottawa Champion Diane Fontaine
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- Toronto Champion Nick Sweetman Final Round
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- Saskatchewan Champion Alle Olmsteam Final Round
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- New Brunswick Champion Jill Higgins Final Round
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- Montréal Champion Mathieu Robert
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- Eastern Ontario Champion Mary-Louise Scappaticci Final Round
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- Golden Horseshoe Champion Leanna TenEycke
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- And the Champion is Leanna TenEycke!
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- Cheers!
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- Tanya Casole-Gouveia, Leanna TenEycke, Barb TenEycke, Jamil Keyani
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- 2015 Art Battle Canada National Champion Leanna TenEycke