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VAS Summer Exhibition 2023


10 Feb 2023 – 27 Feb 2023

Opening & Awards Presentation Event, Tuesday 14 February at 7pm

Location: Frater, Hammond & McCubbin Galleries


This is the first VAS exhibition of 2023. We look forward to welcoming members and visitors back to our galleries with a celebration of summer. This exhibition features prizes for painting of: 1st, $600; 2nd, $300; 3rd, $100; and sculpture of: 1st, $600; 2nd, $300 and 3rd, $100
Ron Reynolds_Sound of Silence

Ron Reynolds_Sound of Silence

VAS Summer Exhibition 2023

Location: Frater, Hammond & McCubbin Galleries


Opening & Awards Presentation Event, Tuesday 14 February at 7pm

This is the first VAS exhibition of 2023. We look forward to welcoming members and visitors back to our galleries with a celebration of summer. This exhibition features prizes for painting of: 1st, $600; 2nd, $300; 3rd, $100; and sculpture of: 1st, $600; 2nd, $300 and 3rd, $100

2023 Winners


First Prize Winner

Joe Whyte—'The Art Room', Oil on Linen

Second Prize Winner

Gregory R Smith VAS FVAS—'Could do with a Drop, Barfold', Oil on Canvas

Third Prize Winner

Clive Sinclair VAS FVAS—'Kevin', Acrylic on Canvas

Highly Commended Artworks

Ursula Tursky VAS—'Freshly Picked', OIl

Maria Radun—'Remember', Oil on Canvas

Robyn Pridham VAS—'Blush of Summer', Mixed Media & collage on canvas

Ray Wilson VAS FVAS—'Lemons & Coffee Pot', Oil on Linen

Heather 'Zulu' Towns—'Monday Night Jazz Jams', French Acrylic

Sarah Ackland—'Into the Woods', Graphite on Paper

Sculpture First Prize Winner

Manfred Tursky—'Morning Stretch', Glazed Terracotta

Sculpture SECOND Prize Winner

Linda Weil—'Dancer Ecarte', Brass/Aluminium wire & wood

Sculpture THIRD Prize WinneR

Ilona Herreiner—'Go, Daphne, Go!' Cedar, Jute Cord & Oil Colour

Curator's Choice award

Lulu Clifton-Evans—'Reflections of Nuomea', Oil on Board

Jo Whyte_Winner 2023_The Art Room

Joe Whyte—'The Art Room', Oil on Linen, first prize winner 2023


Manfred Tursky_sculpture winner 2023_Morning Stretch

Manfred Tursky—'Morning Stretch', Glazed Terracotta



The judge for the 2023 Summer Exhibition was Nic Plowman. Nic's work is full of observation and insight, describing time, memory and lived experience with both intimacy and visceral energy. Plowman is primarily known for his dedication to both traditional and experimental drawing. His broader practice includes painting, printmaking and sculpture.

Nic Plowman has had 14 solo exhibitions, and exhibited work in more than 60 group shows. He has been a finalist in many art prizes, including the prestigious Dobell Drawing Prize (2023), The Doug Moran Portrait Prize (finalist 2012, semi finalist 2018), and twice in the coveted Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship (2006; 2002). He has been awarded residencies in Australia and Internationally. Nic's work has been acquired into many local and International collections, both public and private.

He is represented by James Makin Gallery.

Read more here.

Photo of Judge Nic Plowman


Banner image: Ron Reynolds VAS—'Sound of Silence', Winner 2022

See the VAS Summer Exhibition for 2022 here.


Browse Artworks

A Lifetime Companion, White Lilies
Hsin Lin
75cm (W) x 75cm (H) x 2.5cm (D)
Artist Acrylic on canvas
$ 4,680.00
Mel Fen
After the Storm
Melanie Fenn
53cm (W) x 43cm (H) x 5.5cm (D)
Oil on canvas board
$ 800.00
Ballerina
Colin Shaw
95cm (W) x 75cm (H) x 2cm (D)
Pastel on paper
$ 490.00
Denise Nethercote
Bayview College, Portland, Victoria
Denise Nethercote
55cm (W) x 73cm (H) x 2cm (D)
Watercolour on paper
$ 600.00
Blush of Summer
Robyn E Pridham
30cm (W) x 30cm (H) x 1.5cm (D)
Mixed media and collage on canvas
Award Winner Banner4
$ 990.00
Buller Summer
Wilma Green
70cm (W) x 50cm (H) x 2cm (D)
Watercolour on paper
$ 500.00
Burns Beach, Western Australia
Christine Denny
43cm (W) x 53cm (H) x 3cm (D)
Pastel on textured paper
$ 350.00
Celebration of Life
Victoria Duggan
63cm (W) x 80cm (H) x 4cm (D)
Mixed media on board
$ 750.00
Lizzie Bohan
Coffee with Robert
Lizzie Bohan
45cm (W) x 32cm (H) x 5.5cm (D)
Oil on paper

Not for sale
Dancer Ecarte
Linda Weil
10cm (W) x 17cm (H) x 10cm (D)
Bass/Aluminium wire & wood
Award Winner Banner2
$ 450.00
Darlington Pastoral
Carmel O'Connor
46cm (W) x 46cm (H) x 2cm (D)
Oil on linen
$ 1,250.00
Distant Light Port Phillip Bay
Karen Hopkins
90cm (W) x 90cm (H) x 1.5cm (D)
Oil on circular canvas
$ 2,200.00
Dragonfly Summer
Linda Weil
18cm (W) x 9cm (H) x 14cm (D)
Brass/copper wire on Quartz base

Not for sale
Early Morning
Nathalie Anne Marion
52cm (W) x 42cm (H) x 2.6cm (D)
Watercolour
$ 320.00
Easter mood
Liubov Kurchina
40cm (W) x 28cm (H)
Pastel, Canson Mi-Teintes Touch sanded paper
$ 750.00
Fig Branch
Miffy Gilbert
67cm (W) x 57cm (H) x 3cm (D)
Watercolour
$ 3,300.00
Go, Daphne, Go!
Ilona Herreiner
68cm (W) x 179cm (H) x 46cm (D)
Cedar, Jute cord, Oil colour
Award Winner Banner3
$ 14,200.00
Golden Banksias
Kathie Mathes
54cm (W) x 44cm (H) x 3cm (D)
Gouache on watercolour paper
$ 325.00
Grapeview Series
Joseph Luczynski
59cm (W) x 74cm (H) x 1cm (D)
Acrylic on Snowdon paper
$ 600.00
Grey Goose et Les Poires
Teresa Brimo
62cm (W) x 72cm (H) x 2cm (D)
Oil on Canvas
$ 950.00
Hiking Mandu Mandu
Jennifer Baxter
38.5cm (W) x 31cm (H) x 2.5cm (D)
Acrylic on mixed media
$ 260.00
Homeward Ibis (North Arm, Gippsland Lakes)
Vicki McInnes
90cm (W) x 60cm (H) x 5cm (D)
Oil on linen
$ 1,900.00
Into the Woods Gallery Image
Into the Woods
Sarah Ackland
80cm (W) x 110cm (H) x 4cm (D)
Graphite on watercolour paper 300gsm
Award Winner Banner4
$ 2,000.00
Japanese Windflowers A2
Richard Impey
72cm (W) x 58cm (H) x 3cm (D)
Drawing Digital Procreate iPad
$ 590.00
Karijini Gorge
Margaret Picken
66cm (W) x 91cm (H) x 3cm (D)
Oil on stretched canvas
$ 1,350.00
Jon Lam
Lift To St. Kilda Road
Jon Lam
79cm (W) x 79cm (H) x 6cm (D)
Oil on Linen
$ 2,000.00
Lighthouse walk, Mull #1
Elizabeth Moore Golding
29cm (W) x 39cm (H) x 4cm (D)
Pens and watercolour.
$ 650.00
Longerenong Paddock
Kelly Altair
32cm (W) x 32cm (H) x 3cm (D)
Oil on board
$ 400.00
Melanie Jade, on the set
Heather Peberdy
57cm (W) x 73cm (H)
Portrait
$ 990.00
Robert Young
Merbein Sunset
Robert Young
51cm (W) x 61cm (H) x 10cm (D)
Oil on stretched canvas
$ 450.00
Misty morning, Koonwarra, South Gippsland
Annee Kelly
62cm (W) x 54cm (H)
Watercolour on Cotton Paper
$ 675.00
MoneyTree
Linda Weil
17cm (W) x 17cm (H) x 14cm (D)
Copper Wire on Quartz Crystal
$ 450.00
Moody day Pulpit Rock, Cape Schanck
Vivi Palegeorge
72cm (W) x 55cm (H) x 2.5cm (D)
Watercolour painting.
$ 1,200.00
Moonahs III
Maxine Wain
104cm (W) x 104cm (H)
Acrylic & Oil
$ 950.00
Non Senses
Lucy Fekete
40cm (W) x 40cm (H) x 1cm (D)
Mixed media
$ 450.00
Purple Passion
Meng / Lisa Li
101cm (W) x 101cm (H) x 3.5cm (D)
Oils
$ 2,500.00
Resting Place
Karen Hopkins
9cm (W) x 41cm (H) x 9cm (D)
ceramic and found objects
$ 250.00
Rikishi
Maxine Wain
36cm (W) x 34cm (H) x 15cm (D)
Limestone/mixed media
$ 700.00
Sax Player
Samira Khadivizand
76cm (W) x 102cm (H) x 2.5cm (D)
Acrylic on stretched canvas
SOLD
Soft Banksia
Susan Morris
63.5cm (W) x 63.5cm (H) x 4.5cm (D)
Oil on Canvas
$ 900.00
Spring Is Here (Framed in Oak)
Mina Afra
53cm (W) x 43cm (H) x 4cm (D)
Acrylic & Oil on Canvas Board

Not for sale
Spring Showers Yarra Valley
Louis Sauzier
113cm (W) x 93cm (H) x 3cm (D)
Pastel on Cardboard
$ 1,800.00
Still Stand
Aimee Li
72cm (W) x 52cm (H) x 2.8cm (D)
Watercolour
$ 980.00
Studio Figure
Rod Edelsten
60cm (W) x 90cm (H)
Pastel on board
$ 1,000.00
Summer at Surf Beach
Jill Rogers
95cm (W) x 95cm (H) x 5cm (D)
Acrylic on Canvas
$ 1,900.00
Summer Surfing
Lynn Banna
42cm (W) x 30cm (H)
Watercolour
$ 450.00
Summer, Avon Valley
Hazel Westbury
100cm (W) x 80cm (H) x 2cm (D)
Oil and acrylic
$ 1,400.00
Testament of Youth
Andy Comisso
55cm (W) x 70cm (H) x 6cm (D)
Oil on Linen
$ 2,500.00
Glennis Jack
The Bluff
Glennis Jack
80cm (W) x 80cm (H) x 6cm (D)
Oil on canvas
$ 550.00
The High Country
Megan-Jane Johnstone
56cm (W) x 30cm (H) x 2cm (D)
Watercolour, graphite
SOLD
The Old Farm Gate
John Wakefield
90cm (W) x 60cm (H) x 3cm (D)
Oil on stretched canvas
$ 2,500.00
The Wedding Bouquet
Sandra Messner
76cm (W) x 91cm (H) x 3cm (D)
Oils
$ 2,000.00
Three Sisters
Zoja Trofimiuk
25cm (W) x 22cm (H) x 15cm (D)
lead crystal, polished, sandblasted three pieces
$ 10,000.00
University Students, Bologna
Liz Turner
58cm (W) x 78cm (H) x 2cm (D)
Pastel on paper

Not for sale

Browse Artworks

A Lifetime Companion, White Lilies
Hsin Lin
75cm (W) x 75cm (H) x 2.5cm (D)
Artist Acrylic on canvas
$ 4,680.00
Mel Fen
After the Storm
Melanie Fenn
53cm (W) x 43cm (H) x 5.5cm (D)
Oil on canvas board
$ 800.00
Ballerina
Colin Shaw
95cm (W) x 75cm (H) x 2cm (D)
Pastel on paper
$ 490.00
Denise Nethercote
Bayview College, Portland, Victoria
Denise Nethercote
55cm (W) x 73cm (H) x 2cm (D)
Watercolour on paper
$ 600.00
Blush of Summer
Robyn E Pridham
30cm (W) x 30cm (H) x 1.5cm (D)
Mixed media and collage on canvas
Award Winner Banner4
$ 990.00
Buller Summer
Wilma Green
70cm (W) x 50cm (H) x 2cm (D)
Watercolour on paper
$ 500.00
Burns Beach, Western Australia
Christine Denny
43cm (W) x 53cm (H) x 3cm (D)
Pastel on textured paper
$ 350.00
Celebration of Life
Victoria Duggan
63cm (W) x 80cm (H) x 4cm (D)
Mixed media on board
$ 750.00
Lizzie Bohan
Coffee with Robert
Lizzie Bohan
45cm (W) x 32cm (H) x 5.5cm (D)
Oil on paper

Not for sale
Dancer Ecarte
Linda Weil
10cm (W) x 17cm (H) x 10cm (D)
Bass/Aluminium wire & wood
Award Winner Banner2
$ 450.00
Darlington Pastoral
Carmel O'Connor
46cm (W) x 46cm (H) x 2cm (D)
Oil on linen
$ 1,250.00
Distant Light Port Phillip Bay
Karen Hopkins
90cm (W) x 90cm (H) x 1.5cm (D)
Oil on circular canvas
$ 2,200.00
Dragonfly Summer
Linda Weil
18cm (W) x 9cm (H) x 14cm (D)
Brass/copper wire on Quartz base

Not for sale
Early Morning
Nathalie Anne Marion
52cm (W) x 42cm (H) x 2.6cm (D)
Watercolour
$ 320.00
Easter mood
Liubov Kurchina
40cm (W) x 28cm (H)
Pastel, Canson Mi-Teintes Touch sanded paper
$ 750.00
Fig Branch
Miffy Gilbert
67cm (W) x 57cm (H) x 3cm (D)
Watercolour
$ 3,300.00
Go, Daphne, Go!
Ilona Herreiner
68cm (W) x 179cm (H) x 46cm (D)
Cedar, Jute cord, Oil colour
Award Winner Banner3
$ 14,200.00
Golden Banksias
Kathie Mathes
54cm (W) x 44cm (H) x 3cm (D)
Gouache on watercolour paper
$ 325.00
Grapeview Series
Joseph Luczynski
59cm (W) x 74cm (H) x 1cm (D)
Acrylic on Snowdon paper
$ 600.00
Grey Goose et Les Poires
Teresa Brimo
62cm (W) x 72cm (H) x 2cm (D)
Oil on Canvas
$ 950.00
Hiking Mandu Mandu
Jennifer Baxter
38.5cm (W) x 31cm (H) x 2.5cm (D)
Acrylic on mixed media
$ 260.00
Homeward Ibis (North Arm, Gippsland Lakes)
Vicki McInnes
90cm (W) x 60cm (H) x 5cm (D)
Oil on linen
$ 1,900.00
Into the Woods Gallery Image
Into the Woods
Sarah Ackland
80cm (W) x 110cm (H) x 4cm (D)
Graphite on watercolour paper 300gsm
Award Winner Banner4
$ 2,000.00
Japanese Windflowers A2
Richard Impey
72cm (W) x 58cm (H) x 3cm (D)
Drawing Digital Procreate iPad
$ 590.00
Karijini Gorge
Margaret Picken
66cm (W) x 91cm (H) x 3cm (D)
Oil on stretched canvas
$ 1,350.00
Jon Lam
Lift To St. Kilda Road
Jon Lam
79cm (W) x 79cm (H) x 6cm (D)
Oil on Linen
$ 2,000.00
Lighthouse walk, Mull #1
Elizabeth Moore Golding
29cm (W) x 39cm (H) x 4cm (D)
Pens and watercolour.
$ 650.00
Longerenong Paddock
Kelly Altair
32cm (W) x 32cm (H) x 3cm (D)
Oil on board
$ 400.00
Melanie Jade, on the set
Heather Peberdy
57cm (W) x 73cm (H)
Portrait
$ 990.00
Robert Young
Merbein Sunset
Robert Young
51cm (W) x 61cm (H) x 10cm (D)
Oil on stretched canvas
$ 450.00
Misty morning, Koonwarra, South Gippsland
Annee Kelly
62cm (W) x 54cm (H)
Watercolour on Cotton Paper
$ 675.00
MoneyTree
Linda Weil
17cm (W) x 17cm (H) x 14cm (D)
Copper Wire on Quartz Crystal
$ 450.00
Moody day Pulpit Rock, Cape Schanck
Vivi Palegeorge
72cm (W) x 55cm (H) x 2.5cm (D)
Watercolour painting.
$ 1,200.00
Moonahs III
Maxine Wain
104cm (W) x 104cm (H)
Acrylic & Oil
$ 950.00
Non Senses
Lucy Fekete
40cm (W) x 40cm (H) x 1cm (D)
Mixed media
$ 450.00
Purple Passion
Meng / Lisa Li
101cm (W) x 101cm (H) x 3.5cm (D)
Oils
$ 2,500.00
Resting Place
Karen Hopkins
9cm (W) x 41cm (H) x 9cm (D)
ceramic and found objects
$ 250.00
Rikishi
Maxine Wain
36cm (W) x 34cm (H) x 15cm (D)
Limestone/mixed media
$ 700.00
Sax Player
Samira Khadivizand
76cm (W) x 102cm (H) x 2.5cm (D)
Acrylic on stretched canvas
SOLD
Soft Banksia
Susan Morris
63.5cm (W) x 63.5cm (H) x 4.5cm (D)
Oil on Canvas
$ 900.00
Spring Is Here (Framed in Oak)
Mina Afra
53cm (W) x 43cm (H) x 4cm (D)
Acrylic & Oil on Canvas Board

Not for sale
Spring Showers Yarra Valley
Louis Sauzier
113cm (W) x 93cm (H) x 3cm (D)
Pastel on Cardboard
$ 1,800.00
Still Stand
Aimee Li
72cm (W) x 52cm (H) x 2.8cm (D)
Watercolour
$ 980.00
Studio Figure
Rod Edelsten
60cm (W) x 90cm (H)
Pastel on board
$ 1,000.00
Summer at Surf Beach
Jill Rogers
95cm (W) x 95cm (H) x 5cm (D)
Acrylic on Canvas
$ 1,900.00
Summer Surfing
Lynn Banna
42cm (W) x 30cm (H)
Watercolour
$ 450.00
Summer, Avon Valley
Hazel Westbury
100cm (W) x 80cm (H) x 2cm (D)
Oil and acrylic
$ 1,400.00
Testament of Youth
Andy Comisso
55cm (W) x 70cm (H) x 6cm (D)
Oil on Linen
$ 2,500.00
Glennis Jack
The Bluff
Glennis Jack
80cm (W) x 80cm (H) x 6cm (D)
Oil on canvas
$ 550.00
The High Country
Megan-Jane Johnstone
56cm (W) x 30cm (H) x 2cm (D)
Watercolour, graphite
SOLD
The Old Farm Gate
John Wakefield
90cm (W) x 60cm (H) x 3cm (D)
Oil on stretched canvas
$ 2,500.00
The Wedding Bouquet
Sandra Messner
76cm (W) x 91cm (H) x 3cm (D)
Oils
$ 2,000.00
Three Sisters
Zoja Trofimiuk
25cm (W) x 22cm (H) x 15cm (D)
lead crystal, polished, sandblasted three pieces
$ 10,000.00
University Students, Bologna
Liz Turner
58cm (W) x 78cm (H) x 2cm (D)
Pastel on paper

Not for sale

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