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VAS Spring Select Exhibition 2025


4 Sep 2025 – 21 Sep 2025

Official Opening Event 6 September 7pm

Location: Frater, McCubbin & Hammond Galleries


The VAS Spring Select Exhibition marks the third and final qualifying round for artists competing for the prestigious Hylton Mackley Artist of the Year Award.
Rodney Edelston_Gipsee (1)

Rodney Edelston_Gipsee (1)

VAS Spring Select Exhibition 2025

Location: Frater, McCubbin & Hammond Galleries


4 Sep 2025 – 21 Sep 2025

Official Opening Event 6 September 7pm

The VAS Spring Select Exhibition marks the third and final qualifying round for artists competing for the prestigious Hylton Mackley Artist of the Year Award.

The highly anticipated Select exhibitions showcase VAS member artists working across all mediums, with the strongest works selected to be exhibited throughout the upper galleries and eligible for peer votes toward December’s $17,000 major prize. Each of the three Select Exhibitions across the year also offers a $1,500 first prize.

There is no overarching theme for the Spring Select—rather, the focus is on presenting the very best of what VAS artists have to offer. As the selection process becomes increasingly competitive, the Spring Select promises to be a celebration of the diverse and dynamic talent within the VAS community.


Banner Image: Gipsee by Rodney Edelsten.  


Browse Artworks

A winters day mood. Victorian, highcountry. Oil on canvas. 90 x 70cm..JPG
A Winter's Day Mood, Victorian High Country
Vivi Palegeorge
90cm (W) x 70cm (H) x 4cm (D)
Oil painting on stretched canvas
$ 2,500.00
IMG_8237.jpeg
Alyssa Painting a Unicorn
Heather Peberdy
Pastel
$ 1,200.00
205_Anglesea_Cliffs_20250829_165915.jpg
Anglesea Cliffs
Ian Duncan
118cm (W) x 58cm (H) x 5.5cm (D)
Oil on stretched canvas
$ 1,795.00
IMG_1353.jpg
Artist Rolly
Rodney Edelsten
Pastel on board
$ 1,200.00
Artists at Work.jpg (Edit)
Artists at Work
Joseph Luczynski
76cm (W) x 60cm (H) x 2cm (D)
Acrylic on snowdon paper
$ 600.00
At peace with myself.jpg
At Peace with Myself
Marija Patterson
13cm (W) x 42cm (H) x 13cm (D)
Bronze
$ 2,900.00
1000013319.jpg
Bather
Jemma Cakebread
53cm (W) x 63cm (H) x 3cm (D)
Oil on Canvas
$ 1,350.00
花园.jpg (Edit)
Botanic Garden
Chelsey Liu
Oil on board

Not for sale
Adrian Johnson VAS Coal Creek Harmers Haven 91cm x 56cm Oil $950.JPG
Coal Creek Harmers Haven
Adrian Johnson
91cm (W) x 56cm (H) x 2cm (D)
Oil on canvas board
$ 950.00
Contamination.jpg
Contamination
Robyn Pridham
74cm (W) x 95cm (H) x 2cm (D)
Mixed media
$ 800.00
20250831_171816.jpg
Corner of My Street
Belinda Strickland
57cm (W) x 66cm (H) x 4cm (D)
Acrylic

Not for sale
Zoja Trofimiuk- DREAMERS.jpg
Dreamers
Zoja Trofimiuk
40cm (W) x 60cm (H) x 20cm (D)
Mixed media
$ 15,000.00
Dusk over Yarra.jpg
Dusk over the Yarra
Andrew Li
54cm (W) x 44cm (H) x 4cm (D)
$ 650.00
Marg Picken 'Estuary' Oil on stretched canvas.jpeg
Estuary
Margaret Picken
100cm (W) x 75cm (H) x 4cm (D)
Oil on stretched canvas
$ 1,600.00
Fireball.jpg (Edit)
Fireball
Eric WH Chin
42cm (W) x 32cm (H) x 4.5cm (D)
Oil on stretched canvas
$ 400.00
SueWatson.jpeg
Flower Explosion
Susan Watson
76cm (W) x 61cm (H) x 3.5cm (D)
Acrylic on canvas
$ 2,000.00
Spring Friday Model.jpg
Friday's Aristocratic Model
Ursula Tursky
35cm (W) x 45cm (H) x 50cm (D)
Oil painting on canvas
$ 500.00
Hamid_Abbasi-1.JPG
Gaze Beyond
Hamid Abbasi
90cm (W) x 112cm (H) x 30cm (D)
Oil on canvas
$ 8,500.00
IMG_0777.jpeg
Golden Oil, East of Mortlake
John Rabling
25.4cm (W) x 20.3cm (H) x 5cm (D)
Oil on gesso board
$ 500.00
att.sobQXjHvwYGc4MBSYsEjCyG0XPv5g-W4meprCmA5OrY.jpeg
Her
Genevieve Gadd-Carolan
30cm (W) x 35cm (H)
Soft pastel on board
$ 800.00
HILLSIDE HOUSES .JPG
Hillside Houses
George Eustice
51cm (W) x 41cm (H) x 4cm (D)
Oil on canvas
$ 400.00
IMG_1758.jpg
Hot Pink Rose
Gina Stojceski
46cm (W) x 36cm (H) x 2cm (D)
Oil on canvas
$ 800.00
love.jpg
I'm Lost in There
Charli English
50cm (W) x 50cm (H) x 3cm (D)
Oil on canvas
$ 950.00
Lake Takapo from above 2.jpg
Lake Takapō from Above II
Megan-Jane Johnstone
66cm (W) x 51cm (H) x 2cm (D)
Acrylic and acrylic ink on paper
$ 700.00
IMG_6538.jpeg (Edit)
Lewis Hamilton in Ferrari
James Deane
122cm (W) x 61cm (H) x 4cm (D)
Acrylic
$ 5,000.00
Living Leaves 2025.jpg
Life in Leaves
Cecily Clark
32cm (W) x 32cm (H) x 4cm (D)
Acrylic on canvas
$ 450.00
B83CCEEF-248A-44E1-9799-45DC5811743D.jpeg
Life's a Beach
Raymond Wilson
110cm (W) x 110cm (H) x 6cm (D)
Oil on canvas
$ 5,000.00
PXL_20250818_044538031.jpg
Maya and Dolly
Michael Warren
60cm (W) x 90cm (H) x 3.8cm (D)
Oil on stretched canvas
$ 550.00
Muster.jpg
Muster
Linda Weil
51cm (W) x 56cm (H) x 3cm (D)
Colour/graphite on teastained paper
$ 1,600.00
smoko.jpg
My Son, My Muse
Carita Henriksson
53.5cm (W) x 53.5cm (H) x 4cm (D)
Charcoal on paper
$ 2,000.00
Orion's Belt_JOBBAGY Alex.jpeg
Orion's Belt
Alex Jobbagy
76cm (W) x 61cm (H) x 4cm (D)
Acrylic on canvas
$ 3,400.00
IMG_4643.jpg
Passage of Time and Orbit of Light
Samira Khadivizand
61cm (W) x 61cm (H) x 3.5cm (D)
Oil on canvas
$ 900.00
pirates refuge.jpg
Pirates Refuge
Sam Bruere
91cm (W) x 61cm (H) x 5cm (D)
Oil
$ 2,000.00
Ryan.jpg
Portrait Study, Ryan
Annie Forbes
45cm (W) x 56cm (H) x 3.5cm (D)
Oil on canvas board
$ 450.00
BAM_3577-2.jpg
Primrose
Scott Bamford
17cm (W) x 28cm (H) x 4cm (D)
Etching
$ 450.00
rees-leigh-darebin-purification-water.jpeg (Edit)
Purification Waterhole
Leigh Rees
54cm (W) x 64cm (H) x 6cm (D)
Oil on canvas
$ 1,100.00
IMG_7570.jpeg (Edit)
Remnants of Departed Days
Madaline Harris Schober
28cm (W) x 48cm (H) x 5cm (D)
Oil on canvas
$ 450.00
A2B77B03-2EB8-41C6-8BA4-3C2D7FD91EB1.JPG
Repose
Sarah Anthony
30cm (W) x 45cm (H) x 5cm (D)
Oil on birch board
$ 20,000.00
20250702_083524.jpg
Sloane Savage Pulp Fiction
Lucy Fekete
45cm (W) x 55cm (H) x 3cm (D)
Oil on canvas
$ 1,600.00
Snowy Montsalvat_ Joanne Canning_2025.jpg
Snowy Montsalvat
Dr Joanne Canning
64cm (W) x 86cm (H) x 3cm (D)
Oil on canvas
$ 900.00
rose study for VAS.jpg
Study of a Rose
Sarah Ackland
100.5cm (W) x 92cm (H) x 4.5cm (D)
Graphite on HP fabriano 300gsm paper
$ 2,900.00
IMG_8239C Summer bloom (signed).JPG
Summer Bloom
Jean Hendy
39cm (W) x 47cm (H) x 1.5cm (D)
Pastel
$ 400.00
Summer Citrus.jpg (Edit)
Summer Citrus
Claire Weaver
33cm (W) x 43cm (H) x 3cm (D)
Oil pastels on kraft paper
$ 400.00
315 0F.jpg
Sunlight Dancing - Blue Hydrangea and Baby's Breath in Green Glass Vase
Hsin Lin
71cm (W) x 71cm (H) x 3.8cm (D)
Acrylic on acid-free canvas
$ 3,180.00
Sunlight on a cloudy day - Greg Fernandes.jpg (Edit)
Sunlight on a Cloudy Day!
Gregory P Fernandes
93cm (W) x 93cm (H) x 2cm (D)
Oil on stretched canvas
$ 1,100.00
IMG_0360.jpeg (Edit)
Sunset, Apollo Bay
Leslie Pascoe
55cm (W) x 45cm (H) x 5cm (D)
Acrylic on canvas
$ 750.00
IMG_0868.jpeg (Edit)
Survivor II
Maxine Wain
60cm (W) x 67cm (H) x 21cm (D)
Aerated concrete
$ 950.00
20190623_205025_Original.jpeg
The Abyss
Marketa Kemp
60cm (W) x 93cm (H) x 4cm (D)
Monotype, pastel
$ 1,800.00
IMG_0380.jpeg
The Emerald Encrusted Gandaberunda
Sindhu Sangeeth Kumar
40.64cm (W) x 50.8cm (H) x 1.5cm (D)
Acrylic on canvas
$ 800.00
IMG_4541.jpeg
The Fur Coat
Elizabeth Moore Golding
42cm (W) x 52cm (H) x 5cm (D)
Oil on linen board
$ 1,250.00
8D1C2DFF-ED7F-4123-A257-1FFE531E5E0B.jpeg
The Houseplant
Glennis Jack
50cm (W) x 65cm (H) x 4cm (D)
Oil on canvas
$ 480.00
20250826_100706.jpg
The Joy of Colour
Melissa Fraser
61cm (W) x 76cm (H) x 3.5cm (D)
Oil on canvas
$ 1,390.00
PXL_20250411_062539464.RAW-01.COVER-EDIT.jpg
The One Who Watches
Glenn Jagger
70cm (W) x 89cm (H) x 2cm (D)
Charcoal on paper
$ 1,350.00
Thoughtful AF.jpg
Thoughtful
Creagh Manning
53cm (W) x 73cm (H) x 3cm (D)
Oil on primed cartridge paper
SOLD
qTooberak Magic.jpg
Tooborak Magic
Malcolm Drysdale
109cm (W) x 70cm (H) x 3cm (D)
Pencil on paper
$ 950.00
IMG_0599.jpg (Edit)
Untitled Seascape
Radmila Hardi
38cm (W) x 15cm (H) x 2cm (D)
Oil on canvas board
$ 900.00
painting-a-day-2025-08-10.jpg
Vintage Shop Scales
Tim Murphy
58cm (W) x 68cm (H) x 3cm (D)
Oil on canvas board
$ 1,150.00
IMG_1725.jpeg
Window Seat
Neil Whalebone
65cm (W) x 45cm (H) x 5cm (D)
Oil on Canvas
$ 1,200.00
0F9A6038.jpeg
Yarra River Kayaking
Sheridan Lucien So
61cm (W) x 46cm (H) x 3.7cm (D)
Oil on canvas
$ 7,000.00
456199A5-045B-433C-98F6-33A04D3931D5.jpeg
Year of the Snake
Ted Dansey
90cm (W) x 68cm (H) x 20cm (D)
Watercolour
$ 2,200.00

Browse Artworks

A winters day mood. Victorian, highcountry. Oil on canvas. 90 x 70cm..JPG
A Winter's Day Mood, Victorian High Country
Vivi Palegeorge
90cm (W) x 70cm (H) x 4cm (D)
Oil painting on stretched canvas
$ 2,500.00
IMG_8237.jpeg
Alyssa Painting a Unicorn
Heather Peberdy
Pastel
$ 1,200.00
205_Anglesea_Cliffs_20250829_165915.jpg
Anglesea Cliffs
Ian Duncan
118cm (W) x 58cm (H) x 5.5cm (D)
Oil on stretched canvas
$ 1,795.00
IMG_1353.jpg
Artist Rolly
Rodney Edelsten
Pastel on board
$ 1,200.00
Artists at Work.jpg (Edit)
Artists at Work
Joseph Luczynski
76cm (W) x 60cm (H) x 2cm (D)
Acrylic on snowdon paper
$ 600.00
At peace with myself.jpg
At Peace with Myself
Marija Patterson
13cm (W) x 42cm (H) x 13cm (D)
Bronze
$ 2,900.00
1000013319.jpg
Bather
Jemma Cakebread
53cm (W) x 63cm (H) x 3cm (D)
Oil on Canvas
$ 1,350.00
花园.jpg (Edit)
Botanic Garden
Chelsey Liu
Oil on board

Not for sale
Adrian Johnson VAS Coal Creek Harmers Haven 91cm x 56cm Oil $950.JPG
Coal Creek Harmers Haven
Adrian Johnson
91cm (W) x 56cm (H) x 2cm (D)
Oil on canvas board
$ 950.00
Contamination.jpg
Contamination
Robyn Pridham
74cm (W) x 95cm (H) x 2cm (D)
Mixed media
$ 800.00
20250831_171816.jpg
Corner of My Street
Belinda Strickland
57cm (W) x 66cm (H) x 4cm (D)
Acrylic

Not for sale
Zoja Trofimiuk- DREAMERS.jpg
Dreamers
Zoja Trofimiuk
40cm (W) x 60cm (H) x 20cm (D)
Mixed media
$ 15,000.00
Dusk over Yarra.jpg
Dusk over the Yarra
Andrew Li
54cm (W) x 44cm (H) x 4cm (D)
$ 650.00
Marg Picken 'Estuary' Oil on stretched canvas.jpeg
Estuary
Margaret Picken
100cm (W) x 75cm (H) x 4cm (D)
Oil on stretched canvas
$ 1,600.00
Fireball.jpg (Edit)
Fireball
Eric WH Chin
42cm (W) x 32cm (H) x 4.5cm (D)
Oil on stretched canvas
$ 400.00
SueWatson.jpeg
Flower Explosion
Susan Watson
76cm (W) x 61cm (H) x 3.5cm (D)
Acrylic on canvas
$ 2,000.00
Spring Friday Model.jpg
Friday's Aristocratic Model
Ursula Tursky
35cm (W) x 45cm (H) x 50cm (D)
Oil painting on canvas
$ 500.00
Hamid_Abbasi-1.JPG
Gaze Beyond
Hamid Abbasi
90cm (W) x 112cm (H) x 30cm (D)
Oil on canvas
$ 8,500.00
IMG_0777.jpeg
Golden Oil, East of Mortlake
John Rabling
25.4cm (W) x 20.3cm (H) x 5cm (D)
Oil on gesso board
$ 500.00
att.sobQXjHvwYGc4MBSYsEjCyG0XPv5g-W4meprCmA5OrY.jpeg
Her
Genevieve Gadd-Carolan
30cm (W) x 35cm (H)
Soft pastel on board
$ 800.00
HILLSIDE HOUSES .JPG
Hillside Houses
George Eustice
51cm (W) x 41cm (H) x 4cm (D)
Oil on canvas
$ 400.00
IMG_1758.jpg
Hot Pink Rose
Gina Stojceski
46cm (W) x 36cm (H) x 2cm (D)
Oil on canvas
$ 800.00
love.jpg
I'm Lost in There
Charli English
50cm (W) x 50cm (H) x 3cm (D)
Oil on canvas
$ 950.00
Lake Takapo from above 2.jpg
Lake Takapō from Above II
Megan-Jane Johnstone
66cm (W) x 51cm (H) x 2cm (D)
Acrylic and acrylic ink on paper
$ 700.00
IMG_6538.jpeg (Edit)
Lewis Hamilton in Ferrari
James Deane
122cm (W) x 61cm (H) x 4cm (D)
Acrylic
$ 5,000.00
Living Leaves 2025.jpg
Life in Leaves
Cecily Clark
32cm (W) x 32cm (H) x 4cm (D)
Acrylic on canvas
$ 450.00
B83CCEEF-248A-44E1-9799-45DC5811743D.jpeg
Life's a Beach
Raymond Wilson
110cm (W) x 110cm (H) x 6cm (D)
Oil on canvas
$ 5,000.00
PXL_20250818_044538031.jpg
Maya and Dolly
Michael Warren
60cm (W) x 90cm (H) x 3.8cm (D)
Oil on stretched canvas
$ 550.00
Muster.jpg
Muster
Linda Weil
51cm (W) x 56cm (H) x 3cm (D)
Colour/graphite on teastained paper
$ 1,600.00
smoko.jpg
My Son, My Muse
Carita Henriksson
53.5cm (W) x 53.5cm (H) x 4cm (D)
Charcoal on paper
$ 2,000.00
Orion's Belt_JOBBAGY Alex.jpeg
Orion's Belt
Alex Jobbagy
76cm (W) x 61cm (H) x 4cm (D)
Acrylic on canvas
$ 3,400.00
IMG_4643.jpg
Passage of Time and Orbit of Light
Samira Khadivizand
61cm (W) x 61cm (H) x 3.5cm (D)
Oil on canvas
$ 900.00
pirates refuge.jpg
Pirates Refuge
Sam Bruere
91cm (W) x 61cm (H) x 5cm (D)
Oil
$ 2,000.00
Ryan.jpg
Portrait Study, Ryan
Annie Forbes
45cm (W) x 56cm (H) x 3.5cm (D)
Oil on canvas board
$ 450.00
BAM_3577-2.jpg
Primrose
Scott Bamford
17cm (W) x 28cm (H) x 4cm (D)
Etching
$ 450.00
rees-leigh-darebin-purification-water.jpeg (Edit)
Purification Waterhole
Leigh Rees
54cm (W) x 64cm (H) x 6cm (D)
Oil on canvas
$ 1,100.00
IMG_7570.jpeg (Edit)
Remnants of Departed Days
Madaline Harris Schober
28cm (W) x 48cm (H) x 5cm (D)
Oil on canvas
$ 450.00
A2B77B03-2EB8-41C6-8BA4-3C2D7FD91EB1.JPG
Repose
Sarah Anthony
30cm (W) x 45cm (H) x 5cm (D)
Oil on birch board
$ 20,000.00
20250702_083524.jpg
Sloane Savage Pulp Fiction
Lucy Fekete
45cm (W) x 55cm (H) x 3cm (D)
Oil on canvas
$ 1,600.00
Snowy Montsalvat_ Joanne Canning_2025.jpg
Snowy Montsalvat
Dr Joanne Canning
64cm (W) x 86cm (H) x 3cm (D)
Oil on canvas
$ 900.00
rose study for VAS.jpg
Study of a Rose
Sarah Ackland
100.5cm (W) x 92cm (H) x 4.5cm (D)
Graphite on HP fabriano 300gsm paper
$ 2,900.00
IMG_8239C Summer bloom (signed).JPG
Summer Bloom
Jean Hendy
39cm (W) x 47cm (H) x 1.5cm (D)
Pastel
$ 400.00
Summer Citrus.jpg (Edit)
Summer Citrus
Claire Weaver
33cm (W) x 43cm (H) x 3cm (D)
Oil pastels on kraft paper
$ 400.00
315 0F.jpg
Sunlight Dancing - Blue Hydrangea and Baby's Breath in Green Glass Vase
Hsin Lin
71cm (W) x 71cm (H) x 3.8cm (D)
Acrylic on acid-free canvas
$ 3,180.00
Sunlight on a cloudy day - Greg Fernandes.jpg (Edit)
Sunlight on a Cloudy Day!
Gregory P Fernandes
93cm (W) x 93cm (H) x 2cm (D)
Oil on stretched canvas
$ 1,100.00
IMG_0360.jpeg (Edit)
Sunset, Apollo Bay
Leslie Pascoe
55cm (W) x 45cm (H) x 5cm (D)
Acrylic on canvas
$ 750.00
IMG_0868.jpeg (Edit)
Survivor II
Maxine Wain
60cm (W) x 67cm (H) x 21cm (D)
Aerated concrete
$ 950.00
20190623_205025_Original.jpeg
The Abyss
Marketa Kemp
60cm (W) x 93cm (H) x 4cm (D)
Monotype, pastel
$ 1,800.00
IMG_0380.jpeg
The Emerald Encrusted Gandaberunda
Sindhu Sangeeth Kumar
40.64cm (W) x 50.8cm (H) x 1.5cm (D)
Acrylic on canvas
$ 800.00
IMG_4541.jpeg
The Fur Coat
Elizabeth Moore Golding
42cm (W) x 52cm (H) x 5cm (D)
Oil on linen board
$ 1,250.00
8D1C2DFF-ED7F-4123-A257-1FFE531E5E0B.jpeg
The Houseplant
Glennis Jack
50cm (W) x 65cm (H) x 4cm (D)
Oil on canvas
$ 480.00
20250826_100706.jpg
The Joy of Colour
Melissa Fraser
61cm (W) x 76cm (H) x 3.5cm (D)
Oil on canvas
$ 1,390.00
PXL_20250411_062539464.RAW-01.COVER-EDIT.jpg
The One Who Watches
Glenn Jagger
70cm (W) x 89cm (H) x 2cm (D)
Charcoal on paper
$ 1,350.00
Thoughtful AF.jpg
Thoughtful
Creagh Manning
53cm (W) x 73cm (H) x 3cm (D)
Oil on primed cartridge paper
SOLD
qTooberak Magic.jpg
Tooborak Magic
Malcolm Drysdale
109cm (W) x 70cm (H) x 3cm (D)
Pencil on paper
$ 950.00
IMG_0599.jpg (Edit)
Untitled Seascape
Radmila Hardi
38cm (W) x 15cm (H) x 2cm (D)
Oil on canvas board
$ 900.00
painting-a-day-2025-08-10.jpg
Vintage Shop Scales
Tim Murphy
58cm (W) x 68cm (H) x 3cm (D)
Oil on canvas board
$ 1,150.00
IMG_1725.jpeg
Window Seat
Neil Whalebone
65cm (W) x 45cm (H) x 5cm (D)
Oil on Canvas
$ 1,200.00
0F9A6038.jpeg
Yarra River Kayaking
Sheridan Lucien So
61cm (W) x 46cm (H) x 3.7cm (D)
Oil on canvas
$ 7,000.00
456199A5-045B-433C-98F6-33A04D3931D5.jpeg
Year of the Snake
Ted Dansey
90cm (W) x 68cm (H) x 20cm (D)
Watercolour
$ 2,200.00

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