Blood paintings by Georgia artist shown

KENNESAW, Ga., Jan. 10 (UPI) -- A Georgia artist exhibited paintings prepared with human blood to raise awareness about AIDS.

Artist Robert Sherer, said that he paints with uninfected blood as well as blood that has tested positive for HIV to help raise awareness to the virus, WGCL-TV, Atlanta reported Thursday.

Sherer went to the exhibit opening, which featured his works at Kennesaw State University in Georgia, on Wednesday.

"I look at the flower (in a painting) as a person with AIDS and the thorns and barbed wires as the virus they have that's attacking them," Sherer said of the work he does with blood belonging to himself and an HIV-positive friend.

Sherrer told sources that he feels that if he can touch one person with his art, he has done his job.