"The results were positive" refers to the diagnosis of breast cancer that I received from my physician, by telephone in 1996. That moment altered my concept of self and the relationship I felt to my environment. It seemed that I had sunk to the bottom of a dark tunnel and the regular world was far away. A chaotic visual sea of cancer cells covers the print to reflect my constant awareness of the cancer during treatment. The image of my breast conveys the preoccupation I had with my body during the same period.

The primary focus of the print is to express the "why me?" that I initially felt. Buried within the image is a health warning label from lacquer thinner (which I used extensively for printmaking). I also included a diagram of Long Island, New York (where I grew up and which has a high incidence of breast cancer) and a Jewish star (again, a high incidence of breast cancer is found in Eastern European Jews). The calendar shows the birth months of my parents and myself. Initially, "the results were positive" was an extremely negative message. Yet, as the concept of homeostasis implies, I have adapted to the external and internal changes and can now happily say, "the results were positive."

April Katz received a BS from the State University College at Buffalo and a MFA from Arizona State University. Katz exhibits include: April Katz: Just War, The Kettering Government Center Gallery, Kettering, Ohio; Lost Within, Clarion University of Pennsylvania; and Narrative Cycles,? Meadville Council in the Arts, Meadville, Pennsylvania. Her work has been included in numerous group shows including: Paper in Particular, Columbia College and The 20th Harper National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Harper College, IL (Purchase Award).

Katz is an active member in the Women's Caucus for Art and The Mid-America Print Council. The artist's works are included in the collections of Arizona State University, the Fogg Art Museum, and the Corcocan Gallery. She is currently an Associate Professor of Art at Iowa State University.