First Class Auto

This drawing is dated January 12, 2001 and was done, as the inscription says, in Arlington, Virginia. It was too cold to draw outside so I sat inside a McDonalds across the street and drew the view through the window. This was once a private house but is now the office of a very low-end used car sales business. The notes say what was on the signs in the window: "No credito, mal credito, no problema. We fin." Which means, "No credit, bad credit, no problem, we finance." And then, "Buy here, pay here." The house was painted a number of garish colors over the years but this was the brightest and most glaring of all, purplish pink with bright yellow trim. I haven't been back to this place in a while so I don't know whether it is still there. Drawn in ink and colored in colored pencil.