Architectural Architectural Spaces & Places ◦ This series came about quite by surprise when I was using a barn as a temporary studio. While I thought I might pursue a different subject, it was the interior of the barn that captured my attention and, harkening back to Piranesi’s Carceri d'invenzione or Imaginary Prisons, became the source of inspiration for these introspective interiors. Like Piranesi’s Prisons, c. 1745 to 1750, that depict enormous subterranean vaults with stairs, these barn interiors captured my attention and became the source of inspiration for these introspective interiors. In my series, ladders are often seen as a path through the composition and lead the viewer on a visual journey up, down, through and the barn becomes like a surrogate for mother or womb — or, by extension, a metaphor for the soul’s journey.