Boys Will Be Boys

One of my sexy 1990s art projects, unzipped.

I thought I was an artist.

One of my most recent works, a 2020 collage (All images by Matthew Rettenmund)

Well, first, I thought I was a writer. On that point, I was correct.

But I also saw myself as an artist when I was a kid. I was always creating things, with a special interest in drawing. I became pretty good at copying portraiture, using pencil to cap…