I have always been an artist but when I tested Positive for HIV in 1986 my work changed significantly. I tried very hard over the years to represent the AIDS epidemic as something very personal, to present the politics and the experience of the rollercoaster that is AIDS in a more human light. I also learned a lot about using art to educate, to create works that help people to see in a new way, perhaps to open up hearts and minds.
For the past ten years I have been doing a lot of work that reflects who we are as humans living in relation to each other and the world. I am trying to use the things that I learned by doing work about the AIDS epidemic to address broader social and spiritual issues. I am trying to open hearts and mind as well as, more lately, trying to produce work that simply reflects the beauty around us and is a respite from all of dizzying tidal wave of daily life.
