New artists, New works, New Ideas
During January and February Lea-Anne Sheather will feature on our #WeLike WALL Lea-Anne creates detailed drawings of hybrid forms that metamorphise between nature and animal.
Lea-Anne Sheather lives and works in New Zealand. Lea-Anne completed her Master’s degree with First Class Honours from Whitecliffe School of Fine Arts in 2012/13. In 2014, Lea-Anne was the Supreme winner of the Miles Art Award. Her work is held in various private collections, including the Wallace and Chris Parkin collections. Lea-Anne primarily works within the disciplines of painting and drawing.
“I am interested in the way that stories underpin culture, religion and our relationship with nature. I am particularly curious about the Animal and Witch archetypes of consciousness and the role they play in stories. Stories tease things out, they look behind daily reality and they create foundations for beliefs. Through my art, I am seeking to do the same. I am transforming snippets of stories heard, read or seen into hybrid forms that are a fluid metamorphosis between animal, plant and culture. They are intended to represent our connection to all life forms and to embrace the shadowy, sexual, organic world that resides within stories, within nature and within the Witch and Animal archetype.”
