Douglas OelschlagerE 98th St between Lexington Ave and 3rd AveHeart Four · Location 472 · Drawn July 2004Download photograph 1Download photograph 2Download photograph 3Download photograph 4Download photograph 5Download photograph 6Download photograph 7Download photograph 8Download photograph 9Download photograph 10Download photograph 11Download photograph 12Download photograph 13Download photograph 14Download photograph 15Download photograph 16Download photograph 17Download photograph 18Show all 18 photographsVideo podcast0:00On the southeast corner of East 98th Street and Lexington is a convenience store.0:07The convenience store takes steps to distinguish itself with a bright yellow awning, yellow painted storefront, and display windows packed with bright products.0:19A couple years ago we were fortunate enough to find the back of a plywood display case0:26facing onto 98th Street in front of this convenience store.0:30The drawing was made kneeling in the center of the clean square plywood shape.0:37And just behind it to the left is a dirtying black metal with a padlock on it.0:44This is Douglas Oelschlager.0:46He was drawn in July of 2004.0:50His drawing is counting one person.0:53And then a block later, at the corner of Lexington and East 98th Street,0:58outside of this grocery and deli, they had a display stand,1:01a plywood display stand that had its back to the sidewalk,1:06so [unclear] just a blank canvas.1:07And we set out to draw a figure in an exactly caddy corner1:11on the northwest corner in this apartment complex over here,1:16somebody about 15 stories up screams down like,1:20Hey, your work looks really good!1:24So it's one of the few times we got a positive thumbs up1:28from the observers across the street.1:30I didn't know that story.1:32I just remember you guys being really excited.1:38He gave their daughters Kayla and Brittany baths and cooked dinner before his wife got1:43home from work so she could slip away from their house in St. James on Long Island to1:49fire department meetings at night.1:51He slipped away from work sometimes too, taking his family out on the water in their 32-foot1:57motorboat.← Location 471Heart Four · Location 472Location 473 →
