PHOTOS L to R: Colin Mochrie, Lauren O’Nizzle, Tika Simone, Casie Stewart, Jen McNeely & the winner Lisa Ng!

Yesterday, we had the opportunity to add a little colour to our morning and woke up excited to put our artist hat on. (No, really, we wore a beret.) Buzzing with enthusiasm to win-win-win the Amex Canvas challenge, we tweeted to our competitors that what we lacked in artistic talent, we made up for in competitive spirit. No messing around, we would be the ones to woo comedian Colin Mochrie with our fab canvas, and thus score $5000 for United Way. But that wasn’t the only thing going down in the tent! While we knocked back hot cocoa and practiced our paint-splash skills, people around us squealed with delight when they discovered they had won an iPad. Lucky winners included Casie Stewart and MTV personality, Tika Simone.  

Swoosh, point, twirl, SHAZAMl! We splattered our Amex Canvas with passion and vigour!  Mochrie mocked our choice of a solid red palette, commenting to the crowd that it was ‘violent.’ Hey – we were channeling a brooding fiery artist! Unlike bubbly blonde, Lauren O’Nizzle, we did not pray to the moon gods beforehand but did sleep with an American Express Gold Card under our pillow. And although we wanted to bounce our bootie like Tyrone “T-rex” Edwards of 1LoveTO, we were somewhat bound in a short skirt and couldn’t appease the animated audience with their jeers for us to “SHAKE IT!”  Next time we will know that a paint-off is not just a paint-off.  

It was a stiff competition but after much deliberation Mochrie announced to the crowd that the winning canvas “whispered seductively to him.” It wasn’t ours, for certain ours would have shouted. In the end it was the lovely Lisa Ng of HipUrbanGirl who scooped up the grand prize. Oh, we suppose that’s fine, it was a feel-good way to kick-off our afternoon and her canvas did go well with her scarf. (See pic above.) 

So….we’ve made our canvas, have you made yours? The fun ain’t over yet! American Express is still giving away an art trip for two to NYC!! We suggest you get started splatter painting ASAP.

Plus, if you’re looking for your own opportunity to win an iPad or Amex gift cards in the GTA between now and Novembmer 15th, check out these locations where the Amex Digital Canvas will be live: 

    • Saturday, November 6th from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. – Vaughan Mills Shopping Centre
    • Monday, November 8th – Pearson International Airport
    • Monday, November 8th from 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. – Yorkdale Mall
    • Tuesday, November 9th – Pearson International Airport
    • Tuesday, November 9th from 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. – Yorkdale Mall
    • Wednesday, November 10th – Pearson International Airport
    • Wednesday, November 10th from 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. – Yorkdale Mall
    • Monday, November 15th from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. – Union Station