It's a chilly and dreary morning on Staten Island's South Shore, but Douglas Schwartz approaches his studio with enthusiasm. He is alone except for a few tired-looking fishermen scattered around a fishing pier, and the bay's motionless water casts a somewhat somber tranquility on the scene.
New York City may be the art capital of the world. It is also the utter antithesis of untouched terrain, and the city prides itself on this identity. Among the myriad unknown artists in the city, few are as organically odd and off the beaten path as Schwartz. An avid naturalist, and one of the city's premier outsider artists (quite literally), Schwartz has been crafting his life's work miles away from anywhere that could be considered an artistic hotspot.
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