Lesley Dill
Ginseng Man, 2025
Copper foil, organza, copper wire, mulberry paper
26 x 21 inches
32 1/2 x 26 inches framed
32 1/2 x 26 inches framed
Copyright The Artist
“I have Learned Many New Secrets in the Wilderness Thus your Familiar has Become a Neutral Territory– Somewhere between the Real World & Fairyland—where the Actual & the Imaginary may...
“I have Learned Many New Secrets in the Wilderness
Thus your Familiar has Become a Neutral Territory–
Somewhere between the Real World & Fairyland—where the
Actual & the Imaginary may Meet & Each
Imbue itself with the Nature of the Other Ghosts might Enter
here without Affrighting us”
— Nathaniel Hawthorne, “The Scarlet Letter”
Thus your Familiar has Become a Neutral Territory–
Somewhere between the Real World & Fairyland—where the
Actual & the Imaginary may Meet & Each
Imbue itself with the Nature of the Other Ghosts might Enter
here without Affrighting us”
— Nathaniel Hawthorne, “The Scarlet Letter”