In 1989–90, I was a Selected Artist in the Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program — one of the top blue-chip art programs worldwide. I was chosen without an interview, a rarity for the Whitney Program. Recently, I started a more accessible side to my art. Products will include both hand-made couture and printed items. For now, Etsy is an efficient platform, while I build my own custom store. To the conventional types — the followers of superficial rules and categories — stay in that grid. I don't.