The Fantastical Landscape series is inspired by the concept of garden, landscape, and sculpture in Asian culture. The exhibition includes mixed media sculpture and live plant elements that intertwine to make the work presented in the show. A recent trip to Asia (China, India and Nepal) provoked me to reconsider the popular western idea of “interactive sculpture”. South Asian sculptural works are placed in the midst of everyday life and meant to be viewed, touched, and contemplated on a regular basis. People bring flowers and colored powder to the sculptures on their way to the intended destination. The sculptures are a symbol of democracy in the way that every citizen is welcome to interact and touch. The works embody meaning and devotion. The exhibition features reference to the stupa mounds as well as the gold leaf that was often applied to monuments showing a trace of the human touch and interaction. The plants are collaborators with the built environments and reflect on the ideals of Chinese landscape paintings and cultivated gardens as a location for fantasy and reflection. The plants bring a current tense to the centuries old artifacts the sculpture is referring. They are live and unpredictable in their search for the ideal surroundings.