Arizona Wood Sculpture Artist - Biography
 

After 28 years as a professional carpenter and owning a successful business building entry doors and gates for custom homes, Charles's life took an interesting turn. In 1996 as one of the founding members of "Southwest Woodies" (an antique car club dedicated to the preservation of the "Woodie Automobile"), Charles created his first hardwood sculpture given as an award to their show winner.

In August of 1997, Charles suffered a serious accident affecting the use of his left hand and arm. Three operations and hours of physical therapy left him with the loss of 70% use of his left hand. However, while searching for some meaning of the life he had before the accident, with his right hand, Charles created a second sculpture. Many more followed.

A negative comment from a loved one also pushed him to pursue his dream. In September of 2001 his fiancee said, "V our sculptures will never be anything more than a hobby to you!" He felt betrayed yet decided tO,listen to his heart to fulfill what he felt was his life's purpose to become a full-time artist. He broke off the engagement to pursued his career, questioning himself for three years if it was a good decision of doing so? He has measured that by the joy in his heart and the sales of his work. "What I thought was total betrayal from my ex-fiancee who I was truly in love with, was actually a gift in disguise, to which I am now truly grateful for", states Taube.

"Not only did my ex-fiancee 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. My ex-fiancee saw my Live- Interview with Scott Passmore on Good Morning Arizona. She called me, telling me how amazed she was for what I had accomplished since are parting. My friends are now amazed also. They have even represented me at several Art Shows. My family, they are proud of my internal belief to be a successful, accomplished, artist when they initially felt that I never had any chance at all to be successful in any way, as an artist. And my left hand, I've now have 85 % of the use back in it, simply from forcing myself to use it over, over and over again in creating my sculptures •.. "

 

12/18/2006