Press & Accolades

A few things I’m proud of.

Ashton Huffstetler on the September 2026 cover of Huntsville City Lifestyle

Huntsville City Lifestyle · September 2026 · Cover story

On the cover of The Style Issue

Ashton was the cover feature of Huntsville City Lifestyle’s September 2026 Style Issue, with an interview on personal style, maximalist color and the inspiration behind her work.

“What you wear is a form of self expression!”Ashton, in Huntsville City Lifestyle

Press

The Style Issue interview

Huntsville City Lifestyle

The Style Issue interview

A conversation on fashion, color season and dressing like her art.

Fall Art Festivals

Alabama Magazine · Fall 2025

Fall Art Festivals

Featured in the statewide guide to the season’s must-visit art festivals.

Scouted Artist

The Huntsville Scout Guide · 2027

Scouted Artist

Ashton’s artwork appears in the 2027 edition of the Huntsville Scout Guide.

Ashton beside her hospital lobby commission

Signature commission

Huntsville Hospital Foundation

The Foundation commissioned a large original painting for the lobby of Huntsville Hospital’s new orthopedic and spine tower. The finished piece shows a young tree rooted in a rocky mountain ridge, with a sunrise sky over the Appalachian foothills.

  • 5 × 9 ftOriginal painting
  • LobbyOrthopedic & spine tower

Awards

2025

First Place

Arts in Medicine Show, National Arts Program

1st

First Place, Painting

Eastern Shore Art Council Outdoor Art Show

Fairhope, Alabama

1st

Award of Honor

Great Gulf Coast Arts Festival

Pensacola, Florida

Honor

Third Place Overall

Decatur River Clay Show

Decatur, Alabama

3rd
2024

First Place

Arts in Medicine Show, National Arts Program

1st

First Place, Painting

Eastern Shore Art Council Outdoor Art Show

Fairhope, Alabama

1st

Featured Billboard Artist

Kentuck Festival of the Arts

“Sea of Possibilities” used across digital, print and billboard advertising

Featured

Award of Distinction

Panoply Arts Festival

Huntsville, Alabama

Distinction

Third Place Overall

Arts Alive Festival

3rd

Award of Merit

Arts Alive Gallery Show

Merit
2023

Best of Show

Arts in Medicine Show, National Arts Program

Best of Show

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting

BFA in Painting with a minor in Art History, and a Master of Art Education, at the University of Montevallo. In her senior year, her professors selected her for the Excellence in Painting Award.