Michael HaubCentral Park between E 82nd St and E 83rd StHeart Three · Location 292 · Drawn June 2003Hover over or select the image to reveal a hidden view.PhotographsDownload 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 18Download photograph 19Download photograph 20Download photograph 21Download photograph 22Show all 22 photographsVideo podcast0:00The Great Lawn is in the center of Central Park.0:03It has a path that goes completely around it.0:06And if you were to go to the four o'clock position, you would find Great Lawn Field No. 2.0:12It's a baseball diamond.0:13Our drawing was etched with our finger into the level warm dirt near First Base.0:21This is Michael Howe.0:23He was drawn in June of 2003.0:26His drawing is counting ten people.0:31All that drawing people life-size finally pays off.0:35When left with just a plane of dirt and my own finger,0:38this drawing of Michael Hobb is created with ease.0:42It is a fantastic thing to just move a finger along a surface0:45and have a line follow in its wake.0:48This tempting phenomenon has been responsible for countless drawings,0:52sketches, writings on foggy windows and dirty cars.0:56ours. The figure I have just drawn resonates and has every appearance of being very much1:01full of life. A real challenge when drawing people on the ground is documenting them in1:06a satisfactory fashion. In this case, there is a tall baseball fence that provides a splendid1:13climbing surface to get photographs from the air. While the photographer documented from1:18his perch, we took photographs of him. All of the pictures of this Terra drawing ended1:24It ended up looking great.1:26Michael Helmut Hobb's graduation at age 32 from the New York City Fire Academy in 19991:32was one of the happiest days of his life.1:35The Mineola resident was still a probationary fireman1:38when he rode off to the World Trade Center with Ladder Company 4 on September 11th.1:43The son of German immigrants, Hobb was proud of his heritage,1:46fluent in the language, and played a leading role in several German clubs.1:50Hob also loved to cook, grating his own fresh nutmeg and other flavorings as he stirred up sourbraten, goulashes, and savory venison for his family and friends.← Location 291Heart Three · Location 292Location 293 →
