It is no secret that Robertson is home to this year's Archibald prize winner Ben Quilty and a host of up and coming artists like Carlos Barrios, who has just opened a new exhibition at the Barry Stern Gallery in Paddington.

In the same way as the Parisian artists met at Cafe des Fleurs in Paris, Robertson artists frequent The Three Creeks Cafe in Robertson.

The Three Creeks Cafe, a charming restaurant/bar/art gallery and book shop, has recently hosted a few artistic events of its own.

Penny Bell the owner of Three Creeks Cafe hosted a group of over 30 people for a celebration of local food, wine and art.

The event promoted local artist Vanessa Stockard's new collection of paintings.

House specialties include slices of glazed duck fillet with blueberry, merlot, juniper and peppercorn compote, and pork belly with cranberry, redcurrant, champagne, star anise and cardamon compote.

However, the most popular dish; creamy blue cheese with Persian figs caramelised with orange and ginger served on a slice of corrella pear, came at the end of the 10-course tasting menu.

Each dish was matched with a local wine from Southern highlands Wines and Cuttaway Hill.

The real reason for the event though was to launch an exhibition of paintings by Stockard, a frequenter of Three Creeks.

Stockard, influenced heavily by the post-impressionists herself, paints among other things, enchanting impressions of food and wine making it the perfect collection to exhibit in a cafe/bar/gallery such as Three Creeks Cafe. The works will be on show for the next month.