Welling­ton artist Sacha Lees began her career work­ing on The Lord of the Rings tril­o­gy as an illus­tra­tor, air­brush artist and crea­ture design­er. These days Lees, orig­i­nal­ly from the West Coast, is a lead­ing artist. She devel­oped her paint­ing tech­nique in Flo­rence and now spe­cialis­es in the “fan­tas­tic” genre — a move­ment spe­cial­is­ing in myth­i­cal crea­tures and folk­lore. Her solo exhi­bi­tion that begins next week show­cas­es her per­fect­ly ren­dered dystopi­an can­vas­es that are strange­ly uplift­ing for even the most cyn­i­cal soul. Be sure to own a Lees before the Weta gang buy them all up.
Octo­ber 26 to Novem­ber 25
Exhi­bi­tions Gallery of Fine Art
20 Bran­don St
Welling­ton
www.sachalees.com