The Confinement Series incorporates both simple and complex arrangements of distinctive objects in caged environments. The cages draw one into a quiet meditative space that allows the viewer to consider how the ordinary can become enchanted and sometimes magical. These “protected worlds” treat the viewer to a small journey into another world. The cages also represent a way to see how our thoughts and beliefs concerning time, money, relationships, spirituality, and appearances can confine and limit us. Sometimes we see ourselves as if we were in a trap, a cage from which we can see no way out. Frequently however, the bars of the cage can represent something to which we are excessively attached.