Material
Acrylic on canvas
About
Blue and brown-toned abstract impressionist painting by Houston, TX artist Earl Staley. This painting features paintings of photographs of landscape scenes in Big Bend National Park in Texas. This painting is essentially a painting within a painting. Signed by the artist in the lower right corner. Unframed but framing options are available.
Artist Biography
Earl Staley grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois and resides in Houston, Texas. He is an artist and teacher with more than 50 years of experience. Mr. Staley holds Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Fine Arts degrees. 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. Today he teaches in the Fine Art program at Lonestar College-Tomball, TX. Mr. Staley is the recipient of three grants from the National Endowment for the Arts. In 1981 he received the Rome Prize in Painting from the American Academy in Rome, Italy: he studied in Rome for 4 years. Mr. Staley's paintings look back to his artistic roots and forward to new interpretations of the myths and symbols embedded in his life.
Dimensions
H 20 in x W 24 in x D 0.75 in
