My recent projects include Night Lights, a series of light boxes presented in a small dark room depicting images of childhood fantasy and memory. My pictures involve children and adolescents posed with a seriousness about them that suggests that they are no longer acting by the rules, but rather on impulse. The photographs show the moment when a human being first confronts the fact that they have the power to do not only what they are told, but rather to act according to free will, regardless of consequence. The pictures vary in their nature from dark to carefree, but there is often the wrestling of the underdeveloped consciousness of a child caught between fear, fantasy, expectation, and reality.

This project was followed by Insideouthouse, an installation designed to transport the viewer out of the hectic and confined spaces of the city, and into a solitary interior landscape. Due to the lack of space, and because man, technology and architecture have become the most prominent features of daily life, urban dwellers have become disconnected with the inspirational experience of boundless landscapes that still exists in other parts of the country. Upon entering from the finite exterior of the installation, the backlit images of the interior will create a seemingly endless environment. The vast American landscape would be recreated in a cell-sized space that could easily fit into any city room, with walls that appear to be built out of distance, light and space.

Using fantasy and technology, I am creating artificial environments that reflect on alternative associations with nature. My first project is an interactive flower garden with defense mechanisms. As a person enters the garden, the flowers sense them and retract their petals, and also send a distress signal to their flower neighbors. The intruders will in turn react to the flowers, realizing the impact they are having on their environment will choose to retreat or embrace confrontation. If the person remains, the flower will become accustomed to their presence, relax and open up.

As my understanding of robotics increases, I will be able to produce other sculptures and installations I have been developing. animating objects with anthropomorphic associations, such as flowers, toy animals, and dolls, I will have them play out humanistic interactions such as love, affection and malice, interacting with both themselves and their viewers. This new series of installations is designed to impose instincts on inanimate objects, reflecting on the waning instincts within society.