The timed auction ends Thursday August 13th at 8:00pm. Whoever holds the highest bid at the auction closing time wins.
Ashton Wastney
'Fig. 117', 2026
Oil and Acrylic on Polycotton
Height 51 cm x Width 46 cm
Artwork is stretched and ready to hang & comes with a certificate of authenticity
Starting Bid: $800
'Fig. 117' explores portraiture through expressive, layered paint, where colour and gesture take precedence over precise likeness. Warm flesh tones are interwoven with vivid yellows and deep maroons, set against a cool blue ground that heightens the contrast and presence of the figure. Thick, sculptural applications of paint sit alongside softer transitions, allowing the portrait to emerge through rhythm, texture, and the physical immediacy of the medium.
Artist Bio: Ashton Wastney is an abstract figurative artist from Nelson, New Zealand who began studying design in Wellington and Since 2018 has been residing and basing his painting practice in Melbourne, Australia.
His works use anatomy as the base for abstraction and he approaches each work without pre meditation or a final intention. Ashton uses art to communicate methods of understanding the subconscious. Then, forming bases of anatomical and physiological aspects, he instinctively reveals moments of chance and emotion, embodying a distortion of mental clarity and consciousness.