'DAPHNE' Acrylic on Canvas. Unframed.
DAPHNE - ORIGINAL PAINTING BY AVA REID
Part of the MaccPow 2026 Commission Collection
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Jeepers! It's danger-prone Daphne Blake from Scooby Doo, completely reimagined.
This original acrylic painting by Macclesfield artist Ava Reid brings Scooby-Doo’s most glamorous mystery solver to life in a gloriously personal way.
Daphne stands arms wide open against a sweeping coral-red canvas, her auburn hair topped with a Parisian chic, black beret, her textured top vibrant with swirling pink and white, and a dark striped skirt grounding her in bold graphic style. A scatter of deep red and green shapes at her feet adds to the sense of a world that is vivid, playful and entirely Ava’s own.
Daphne appealed to Ava for her fearlessness. A cartoon character who throws herself into every adventure with her style intact. In this painting, that energy is infectious.
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About the Collection
This painting is one of nine original paintings created for MaccPow 2026, Macclesfield's comic art festival, celebrating the town's rich creative heritage. Ava was commissioned to depict females from the world of comics and comic art, characters whose vibrancy, cheekiness, or strength of spirit resonated with her. The result is a collection that is as personal as it is powerful.
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About the Artist
Ava Reid is a Macclesfield based artist whose work is characterised by its confident colours, distinctive shapes, and joyful energy. As an artist with Down's syndrome and Autism Ava brings a perspective that is genuinely unique. Ava's work is never constrained by her own expectation of the finished product but are born of the purest creative instinct.
Ava's work has been celebrated for releasing genuine emotion amongst first time admirers as well as more seasoned fans. Her work is an outstanding example of art made by an artist with a learning disability that commands serious attention with it's vibrance and confidence.
Collecting an Ava Reid original means owning something that cannot be replicated, a piece of authentic art from one of Macclesfield's most exciting emerging talents.
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Original acrylic on canvas. 42 x 59cm. One of nine works in the MaccPow 2026 commission. Sold unframed. Certificate of authenticity included.