Christine is back! Christine has been painting since high school. She loves color and using acrylic on canvas. She calls her style abstract expressionism.

I am looking forward to it !!

Tealia owns an entertainment company that provides balloon art, classic balloon decor, helium and sculptures. She is a soft classic artist that enjoys pops of color and fun. She enjoys realism but also finding the simplest and easiest way to express a complex idea.

Thank you to Nic's Place for Us for providing our local youth with free programming without any discrimination. Please donate to this wonderful organization before it's too late and we lose this wonderful free piece of North Bay culture.

Kaitlyn is a self-taught artist who works mainly with acrylics. She enjoys painting landscapes and still life. While she always drew and used charcoal, it wasn't until the pandemic that she fell in love with paint. She enjoys trying to make each new painting more realistic then the next, capturing the beauty nature has to offer.

Michel started painting prior to the pandemic. He considers it a form of therapy. Michel believes his skills keep improving. He is an impressionistic creator with acrylic on stretched canvas.

Mike firmly believes that persistence pays off. Just look at the persitent talentthat joins us in this room tonight. A famous quote. MIke has a motto ..Never say die. Hence one of the reasons he foresees living until the age of 256. The phrase 'never say die' is originally from a nineteenth century poem based on Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice. Now, it's since passed into the vernacular as a... as an exhortation never to give up, no matter the cost. Mike wishes good luck to all of toniite''s participants.

Gillian is an illustrator who loves creating colorful and whimsical illustrations for children's books. She is also the watercolor and drawing teacher at Nick’s Place for Us and Gateway to the Arts art gallery. Teaching others and guiding them in exploring their creativity is her passion.

My name is Gillian, and I'm an illustrator who loves creating colorful and whimsical illustrations for children's books. I'm also the watercolour and drawing teacher at Nick’s Place for Us and Gateway to the Arts art gallery!

Teaching others and guiding them in exploring their creativity is my passion. I get to work with amazing young artists and help them discover the joy of artistic expression. It's incredible to see their skills grow and their creativity bloom!

In addition to teaching, I collaborate with authors to add a vibrant touch to their stories. I love adding colour and magic to their ideas, and I hope my illustrations captivate young readers and transport them to new worlds.

Anna-Maria is a newly landed Canadian by way of Ukraine. She is fuses fantasy with psychedelic feminism and is both a painter and digital artist selling hundreds of hand drawn NFTs to collectors all over the world.

Peace!

Acer specializes in digital art, acrylics, markers, and pencil. Their style varies from realism to cartoony illustrations. This is their 5th Art Battle.

Happy to be back! this will be my 5th art battle.
Ace specializes in digital art, acrylics, markers, and pencil. Their style varies from realism to cartoony illustrations.

Natasha is a hair artist and is currently exploring tattoo design. Additionally, she is a multi-genre, multi-instrument writer and singer, as well a sous-chef. She loves to inspire people to express themselves and their feelings.

Tabitha paints anything that comes to mind. She is inspired every day by her two beautiful daughters and paints daily with them. Painting is her go-to when days are hard.

Painting has been a hobby since I was a child. My children and I paint every day together ❤️

Never painted something in such a short time , but we willl see how it goes !

Karrie returns! She is the co-owner of Gateway To the Arts Gallery and Event Space and Executive Director/Founder of Nick's Place For Us a youth art center that inspires youth and teaches them to chase their dreams.