Artist Ben Saber painting at Lahaina harbor in Maui Hawaii
Lahaina Maui Hawaii 2005
Art Career:
Artist Saber discovered his artistic gift at an early age in elementary school when he was asked to do chalk drawing demonstrations in the classrooms by his teacher.
Ben Saber was born in French Algeria. He speaks fluently French and English.
Artist Ben Saber grew up in a family of artists. His father was a portrait and calligraphy master and his brothers were talented in art but none of them pursued an art career.
Later in high school Saber was invited to join his art teacher in his studio as an apprentice during the summer vacations. Then, after some training a demand for his art developed starting mostly from relatives and neighbors for local landscapes and portraits.
At the age of 25 he migrated to the USA. After traveling to several states he settled in Seattle
Ben Saber Painting At Greenlake, Seattle, 1991
In the America Ben Saber decided to pursue his childhood dream of being an artist at all costs. In Seattle Ben Saber took some summer art classes from talented artists at the University of Washington like Jacob Lawrence. He gained a lot of knowledge that improved his painting skills. However most of his learning came from painting outdoors as a plain-air artist.
Ben Saber Painting Nahuna Point in Maui Hawaii 2005
By painting on location he was able to capture many aspects of the landscape as the light changed during the day and the seasons. Nature was and still is his best teacher.
Ben Saber Painting Greenlake In Seattle 1991
Artist Ben Saber attracted a big crowd every time he painted in public. Therefore many of his paintings where sold to the locals but some of them made it to some art galleries in Seattle (Art Not Terminal) and Belleview.
Ben Saber Painting On Front Street, Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii 2006
While in Seattle artist Ben Saber painted various landscapes of Washington state. There he traveled extensively and painted the parks the mountains and the coast. While painting in a park in the cold winter one day a Lahaina resident walked by and suggested to him to come to Maui, He traveled to Lahaina and made it his home for the winters. There he joined the Lahaina Art Society at the old Lahaina Courthouse and sold his art under the banyan tree. In the summer tine he would fly back to Washington state to paint the snow peeked mountains.
In 2004 he pushed his seascapes toward surrealism and experimented with that aspect of surreal landscapes involving water and clouds interactions. He even animated some of them using his computer software. For a few years he was very interested in animated art with its constantly changing forms and colors.
Ben Saber Painting Snoqualmie Falls, Washington 1995
In 2007 artist Ben Saber bought a camper van and went on a painting trip that started in Seattle Washington and ended in Kingsville Texas where he discovered affordable homes and established an art studio. His trip included Oregon, California (Yosemite), Arizona (Grand Canyon), New Mexico (Santa Fe) and Texas (Corpus Christi).
Ben Saber Painting The Grand Canyon in Arizona 2007
Artist Ben Saber painting at Mt Rainier National Park in Washington State USA in 1994
Going back and forth broke his rhythm and he decided to stay permanently in Lahaina. However after 3 years island fever won and he traveled to Kingsville Texas where he established an art studio in his house. He did not worry about paying his rent on time anymore. Being in a small town with no art gallery he marketed his paintings online from his website and in auctions on Ebay. He also made instructional videos and posted them on Youtube. He was one of the pioneers of painting instruction on Youtube. At the time Youtube was not paying content providers so he did it for advertising himself to the world. Later he was able to draw a substantial income from Youtube videos as he had hundreds of thousands subscribers. He also translated his videos to 40 languages with the help of Google. He speaks 4 languages...
In 2013 he moved back to Seattle. He decided to stay and establish an art studio in downtown Seattle. He continued to travel to Lahaina Maui and joined the Lahaina Printsellers gallery. That gallery burned to the ground during the Lahaina fire. Artist Ben Saber continues to paint in Washington state and Hawaii
Enchantress Freeborn Gallery Maui
Press Review
Seattle Times
The University of Washington Daily
Artist Ben Saber painting at Lahaina gallery in Maui Hawaii
