Sip n Paint for Careflight

29 October 2025 / Words: Senia Gaunson Photos: Ann Hicks and Senia Gaunson

The budding artists gathered, donned their berets, inspected their canvases and paints in readiness for the evening’s art lesson and shenanigans.


Our wonderful art instructor for the evening, fabulous artist Cassandra Chapman, needed some Dutch courage in a glass by way of Aperol Spritz’ to face this rowdy, but talented mob! She need not have worried, they all (well most) paid close attention to the techniques she described and came away with some wonderful art works ready to be hung.

They painted, laughed, ate, sipped and raised $325 towards the MX-5 Careflight charity.


We could not decide on the winner and declared them all winners, what do you think? ( Disclaimer: None of our paintings were acquired from the Louvre).

Sipnpaint parrots