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"Envisions" by Taube
Charles Taube's Woodwork is Accidents
Silver Lining
In
1996,without any education or formal training in
art, Charles Taube created
three-dimensionally his first hardwood sculpture. He gave it away as a
Trophy for Southwest Woodies "Desert Gathering," and his artistic life
began to soar!
On August 28, 1997 at
6:00AM, Charles suffered a serious accident on
the job that came very close to severing his left hand! But Charles was
determined to create a second sculpture.
Two months later just to prove to
himself that he could regain a part of his life back, with only his right hand
he cut, laminated, shaped and
polished the second, third and fourth of his contemporary free-flowing
hardwood sculptures. The style of the
"fourth sculpture"
that he created is what his sculptures have now become.
In
September of 2001 he mentioned to his fiancée that he felt like he could
possibly market his sculptures. She said to him: "Your sculptures will
never be anything more than a hobby to you!" "Not only did my ex-fiancée
not believe in me, neither did any of my friends and family too! I felt
betrayed by everyone close to me. I realize now that they just didn't want
to see me fail in life. In 2004,"I realized what a special gift
ex-fiancée had given me.
My power of intention . . ."
Being self-taught, Charles's contemporary free-flowing hardwood sculptures
are uniquely individual in themselves. Each sculpture composes distinction
in several varieties of hardwoods. He
carefully selects kiln-dried hardwood with special grain patterns and
color. With each completed sculpture signed and dated, it begins to "sing" in its
completion of movement, form and natural color.
Charles has recently been inspired
to create three limited edition series. A
"Heart Series",
an evolving unique series of free-standing and wall-hanging heart-shaped
hardwood sculptures, a unique "Q- Series"
of wall-hanging question marks, and a
Tunes Series of wall-hanging musical
notes.
"I envision each
sculpture in movement, form and natural color, bring it to life, and my
spirit is set free . . ."
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