Victor Stabin
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Victor Stabin | |
|---|---|
 Victor Stabin (current) | |
| Born | March 5, 1954 |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Artist |
| Notable work | Book: "Daedal Doodle"  |
| Movement | Eco-Surrealist |
| Website | http://www.victorstabin.com |
Victor Stabin (born March 5, 1954) is an American artist, self proclaimed eco-surrealist painter, author and illustrator.[1] He is noted for his work in education and has used his book "Daedal Doodle" as a teaching tool in several schools, an endeavor sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts.[2]
Early Life and Education
Stabin was born in New York City, into an artistically encouraging family. Stabin's father, Jack Stabin, received his technical training while working on the Manhattan Project and made a career as an inventor of scientific intstrumentation.[1] His mother Florence worked as a successful piano teacher in Brooklyn.
Stabin formally began his artistic education at the Art Students League of New York. He also attended the High School of Art and Design from which he graduated in 1972. He went on to study at the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles from 1973 to 1975 and then at New York City’s School of Visual Arts from 1975 to 1976.[2]
Early Career
Stabin began his career as an illustrator. He worked for numerous different publications including The New York Times, Newsweek, Rolling Stone Magazine, and Time Magazine. Stabin also designed book covers for a number of publishers such as Random House and Penguin Books.[1]. Some of his most prestigious work as an illustrator includes creating nine stamps for the United States Postal Service’s Commemorative Postage Stamp program, a mural for RCA/BMG’s corporate headquarters in New York and an album cover for the rock band KISS.[1] [3]
Stamps
The United States Postal Service has hired Stabin to design a number of stamps. He created a Henry Mancini stamp in 2003 which led to him being hired again in 2005 this time to create four of the American scientists series stamps: physicist Richard Feynman, thermodynamicist Josiah Gibbs, geneticist Barbara McClintock and mathematician John von Neumann.[4][5] He was again hired by the USPS in 2008 and created the artwork for stamps depicting four more American scientists -- theoretical physicist John Bardeen, biochemist Gerty Cori, astronomer Edwin Hubble and chemist Linus Pauling.[4]
American Scientist StampsHenry Mancini Stamp
Current Projects
At age 44, Stabin was diagnosed with cancer and given a 50% chance of survival.[1] In the years since Victor Stabin beat cancer he has strayed from illustration and focused on his own works.
Turtle Series
He has created a number of paintings entitled the "Turtle Series" which includes Keep Your Eye on the Ball,Fish Ferris Wheel and his most recent work Hatchlings as well as several other paintings[6] .
Daedal Doodle
Stabin has also authored a book called "Daedal Doodle" which features illustrations and alliterations created by the artist. This work has been used by Stabin as a teaching tool in a number of schools.[2] Early praise for Daedal Doodle has been received from Susan Orlean of the The New Yorker Magazine who called it, "original and sly," from Leonard Lopate of WNYC Radio, who described it as, "a visual stunner with delightful definitions," and from NPR commentator Jeremy Siegel who noted, "Looking at this book was reminiscent of the first time I viewed the work of M.C. Escher."[6] A monthly version of the work is published in ICON under the title "Alliteration of the Month".[7]
Daedal Doodle
Stabin Morykin Building
With his wife Joan Morykin,[8] Stabin renovated a 15,000-square-foot factory building in Jim Thorpe originally constructed in 1850. Now called the Stabin Morykin Building, it includes art galleries, art workshop space, a theater and the farm-to-table restaurant Flow.[9] The galleries currently house the work of Stabin as well as that of his students.
References
- ^ a b c d e Stabin, Victor (5). "Daedal Doodle Y". Matter Press. 25 (25): 1. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|date=and|year=/|date=mismatch (help); Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ^ a b c Zickler, Carol (1 April 2011). "Victor Stabin to conduct residency program for key artists at Panther Valley HS". Times News. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
- ^ Miller, Tad (16 January 2005). "Whatever became of ... Jim Thorpe artist Victor Stabin?". Morning Call. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
- ^ a b Lauer-Williams, Kathy (7 March 2008). "Carbon artist designs stamps". Morning Call. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
- ^ "USPS Press Release". USPS Press Release. PR Newswire. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
- ^ a b Zagofsky, Al (21 June 2011). "A Daedal Doodle Book Party". Times News. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
- ^ McKenna, Trina. "Alliteration of the Month". ICON. Trina Mckenna. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
- ^ http://www.carboncountymagazine.com/CarbonCountyMagazine/2011/2011-01/Articles/Story36-Joan_Morykin.html
- ^ Szafoni, Jessica (24 June 2011). "Artist twists typical take on ABCs". Morning Call. Retrieved 5 February 2012.