“Ashcroft is a multimedia creative dynamo and woman-about-town, having worked in theatre, film and music.....On one level, Ashcroft is documenting a specific social scene. In a larger sense, she's challenging the usual dynamic of western art, in which woman is a passive object offered up to a male viewer... Ashcroft backs up this antagonistic stance with her painting technique, which is deliberately off-putting. Working acrylics and oils in garish, glaring colours, using harsh lines and sharp angles, Ashcroft keeps the viewer on edge.”

         Excerpt from Iron Maidens Review in the Winnipeg Free Press - by Allison Gillmor