At the suggestion of his sister, he enrolled in weekly private lessons with Khalil Negargar, a Shirazi painter indirectly influenced by Kamal-ol-molk.

Negargar taught him the basics of making oil paint from color pigments, building canvases, and copying from the old masters' works, a common practice among the painters of that period in Iran.

[5] He also recounted stories about the great painters, particularly Raphael, Titian, and Rembrandt, inspiring the young student and further fanning the flames of his passion for art.

Jahangir told Saber that copying was a waste of time and encouraged him to draw and paint from real life and the people on the street.

[4] In 1960, after finishing high school, Saber was admitted to the History and Geography Bachelor's program in the Faculty of Literature of the Shiraz University.

[7] Upon completion of the program in 1965, he was hired as a high school teacher by the Ministry of Education and was transferred to Khoramshahr, a small inland port city on the eastern shore of the Karoun river.

At the same time, the paintings from that period have a strong Realistic and Expressionist bent and reflect the struggles and the sufferings of the people within the vast and rich landscapes of the South.

[4][8][9] During the eighties, this disposition towards more vivid and pure colors continues and solidifies into a unique Impressionist and Pointillist style owed as much to the blazing Sun and the dazzling sky of the Fars province.

[11] In 2000, Saber retired from teaching at the public center and with his wife Zahra Entezari opened the Ofogh private art school.

This coincided with unveiling the book on Saber's selected works, "A Paradise of Light and Color", and a postal stamp in the artist's commemoration.