About The Work
This Lithograph draws upon Dill’s body of work focusing on what she calls “New England settler obsessions with divinity and deviltry, of fears of the ‘wilderness’ both inside and outside.”
These works turn toward history and some of the distinctive American voices to emerge during the first centuries of Anglo occupation. Continuing Dill’s interest in the intersection of language and spirituality, these works feature the words of the colonial spiritual leader Anne Hutchinson and the influential Northampton-based theologian and preacher Jonathan Edwards, among others. Both these leaders used words to inspire their followers to connect with the divine.
Dill’s print features an image of Edwards with flames emerging from his head surrounded by his words: “From childhood I had a variety of concerns about my soul/An inward sweet delight/I had great and violent inward struggles/O Sinner, held over the pit of Hell as one holds a spider. Light sizzles around me.” It is printed on two sheets of Sekishu paper, white and natural, with hand sewn elements.
Jonathan Edwards was published by Smith College, Lesley Dill and Derriere L'Etoile Studios
About Lesley Dill
From The Magazine
Lithograph on two sheets of Sekishu White and Natural papers with hand-sewn elements
25.50 x 19.25 in
64.8 x 48.9 cm
This work is signed, numbered and dated by the artist in pencil.
About The Work
This Lithograph draws upon Dill’s body of work focusing on what she calls “New England settler obsessions with divinity and deviltry, of fears of the ‘wilderness’ both inside and outside.”
These works turn toward history and some of the distinctive American voices to emerge during the first centuries of Anglo occupation. Continuing Dill’s interest in the intersection of language and spirituality, these works feature the words of the colonial spiritual leader Anne Hutchinson and the influential Northampton-based theologian and preacher Jonathan Edwards, among others. Both these leaders used words to inspire their followers to connect with the divine.
Dill’s print features an image of Edwards with flames emerging from his head surrounded by his words: “From childhood I had a variety of concerns about my soul/An inward sweet delight/I had great and violent inward struggles/O Sinner, held over the pit of Hell as one holds a spider. Light sizzles around me.” It is printed on two sheets of Sekishu paper, white and natural, with hand sewn elements.
Jonathan Edwards was published by Smith College, Lesley Dill and Derriere L'Etoile Studios
About Lesley Dill
From The Magazine
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