Orchid Melody

By Reeva Ashton $4,070

Medium: Oil on canvas

Year Completed: 2025

Size: 83cm by 63cm

DESCRIPTION


About the Artist

RELEVANT EDUCATION 

2013 Completed 150 credits towards a Bachelor of Fine Art (Visual Art), Victorian College of the Arts

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

2023 Melbourne Studio of Art: Advanced oil painting training under Ben Howe

2010 – 2011 Melbourne Studio of Art: Oil painting training under Geoff Dupree, Adrian Stojkovich, and Liz Blanchet

2010 Short portrait painting course under Prudence Flint

AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

2025 Finalist, Kennedy Prize

2025 Finalist, Lethbridge 20000 Small Scale Art Award

2024 Winner, AGES Society

2024/25 Art Prize 2024 Highly Commended, Lethbridge 20000 Small Scale Art Award

2023 Finalist, Bluethumb Art Prize

2023 Finalist, Lethbridge 20000 Small Scale Art Award

2023 Finalist, Petite Pieces Small Scale Art Prize

2022 Finalist, Eltham Art Show

2021 Finalist, Agendo Art Prize

2012 Maude Glover Fleay Scholarship, Victorian College of the Arts

2007 Finalist, Doug Moran Photographic Prize (student category)

2006 First place, My Monty Photography Prize (open section)

2006 Second place, My Monty Photography Prize (trader’s choice award) 2

006 Wes Muir Acquisition Prize, Eltham High School

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023 The Art’s Lounge, Wyreena: “In Pursuit of Still Life”, VIC

2022 Gallery NWC: “When Nature Meets Abstraction”, Pyrmont, NSW GROUP EXHIBITIONS / FAIRS

2025 Lethbridge Still Life Group Show (upcoming September 2025)

2025 Kennedy Prize Finalists Exhibition (upcoming September 2025)

2025 Lethbridge 20000 Small Scale Art Award Finalists Exhibition, QLD (upcoming)

2025 Affordable Art Fair - Sydney, Gallery NWC, NSW (upcoming November 2025)

2025 Affordable Art Fair - Melbourne, Gallery NWC, VIC

2024 Lethbridge 20000 Small Scale Art Award Finalists Exhibition, QLD

2024 Affordable Art Fair - Brisbane, Gallery NWC, QLD

2023 Bluethumb Art Prize Selected Finalists Exhibition, Bluethumb Richmond Gallery, VIC

2023 Lethbridge 20000 Small Scale Art Award Finalists Exhibition, QLD

2023 Petite Pieces Small Scale Art Prize, Online

2023 Affordable Art Fair - Sydney, Gallery NWC, NSW

2023 Nationwide Curating Group Exhibition, Gallery NWC, NSW

2023 Nationwide Curating Group Exhibition, Gallery ONE88 Fine Arts, NSW 2

022 Eltham Art Show, VIC 2021 Agendo Art Prize, VIC

2012 50 Shades of White, Student Gallery, Victorian College of the Arts, VIC

2012 The Painting Show, Student Gallery, Victorian College of the Arts, VIC

2007 Doug Moran Photographic Prize, Mitchell Galleries, State Library of NSW

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