Earl Staley's paintings have been exhibited in numerous museums, among which are the Whitney Museum, NY; the New Museum, NY;Houston Museum of Fine Art - Houston; and the Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D. C. A few of the public collections where his work can be found include Chase Manhattan Bank, NY; Federal Reserve Bank, Dallas; Houston Museum of Fine Art; Dallas Museum of Fine Art; San Antonio Museum of Fine Art and the San Francisco Museum of Fine Art.
Earl Staley grew up in Chicago, Illinois and resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico and Tomball, Texas. He has been an artist and teacher for more than 50 years. Mr. Staley holds a Bachelor's degree and Master of Fine Arts degree. He taught at Washington University, St. Louis; Rice University, Houston; and the University of St. Thomas, Houston, where he was chairperson of the Art Department. Throughout his professional life, Staley's work has been involved with myths, symbols, and landscapes. He spent his holidays painting in Oaxaca, Mexico. Mr. Staley is the recipient of three grants from the National Endowment for the Arts. In 1981 he received the Rome Prize in Painting to attend the American Academy in Rome, Italy; he and his wife Suzanne resided in Rome for 4 years. Today he is in charge of the Fine Art program at Lonestar College Tomball, TX. On a trip to the Southwest, he revived his early interest in Native American myths and the landscape, and turned his attention to realism and to re-learning his craft. Today his work re-examines his life by looking back to his artistic roots and forward to a new interpretation of the myths and symbols that explain his life.

New Work

Landscapes
  Fetishes
Myths/Memories
Native American
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