Sabin

26 years ago to this October I decided that I should become a visual artist, and so without any knowledge of what lay ahead of me in this journey I embarked with a 100% commitment to creating an art that would parallel the Renaissance yet be completely and wholly modern. I spent 15 years learning my craft. I learned the nuts and bolts of creating an art form that would be seen as “awesome” and carry with it a startling presence. I became fascinated with the variety of body types and poses available to me as a sculptor. I learned that each human being carries a unique soul and life experience within their body and this energy manifests itself externally in the morphology and demeanor of the each individual. This uniqueness can be found in each individual part and how all those parts fit together to make the whole. Once I had gained mastery in the ability to design and compose exactly what I saw in life, I took the next step in choosing what story I wanted the body to tell. The variety of energies that I could choose to depict in each sculpture became the next step in my artistic process.There is an internal pressure within the body that always pushes outward in a convex fashion. This internal pressure shows the unique spirit and soul of each individual and no two people are exactly alike. Using anatomy to translate this life force energy into sculptural terms I learned to recreate this pressure within my bronzes giving them an energy and presence of a unique human being. Because my work is about showing man at his full potential I began recruiting several models to create each piece allowing me to pick and choose the body parts to sculpt a unique morphology that best narrates the story and character that I am presenting. In this process of creation I use my understanding of anatomy, and structure of the human body to organize the figure. The spiraling of muscles over the architectural foundation of the skeleton has become my grammar in presenting the unique energy of each character. As I evolved as a human being my art evolved in a parallel fashion presenting a visual record of my internal growth. The sculptures are an energetic evolution of my own experience and history. In the last 15 years the energy of my sculptures have metamorphasized from figures that are closed and pressed down by gravity to figures that carry an expansive energy with an open heart. The poses have become more elegant and graceful taking on god-like proportions. The transitions between limbs flow with greater harmony. And the hierarchy of parts fit together with an ease suggesting a greater sense of wholeness. My vision as an artist has evolved from one of oppression and struggle to a realization that the universe is full of grace available to all those willing to open their eyes in the creation of the life of their own choosing.