by Charlet Davenport

"...To create Leaf Dreams, Beth Galston coated the leaves of ginkgo, sycamore, and magnolia trees in beeswax. They hang, strung like leis, from the skylight and loom like pillars at the tops of wide marble stairs on the platform area of the old train station that houses this exhibition. Visible outside the window is a complementary natural form consisting of trailing grape vines that descend three stories to the railroad below..."