Earlayne Chance is an oil painter whose work has found an eager audience.  She has been painting for over forty years and it shows!  She is a member of the Oil Painters of America and is included in Who’s Who in America and Marquis’ Who’s Who in American Women.  Earlayne resides in the oak-studded hills and valleys of Kerrville, Texas, which has provided her with the locales and inspiration for many of her paintings.  For several years, she studied with important leading American artists including Clyde Aspevig, Ray Vinella and Kevin MacPherson, each of whom helped her to open new avenues of artistic growth.  Her canvases now encompass vibrant color landscapes from scenes she has found all across the Southwest.   She has not allowed her past accomplishments, however, to stand in the way of her continued search for further artistic excellence.

 Listed in Vols. I and II of Artists of Texas and American Artists, an Illustrated Survey of Leading Contemporary Americans, Chance has long been recognized as an outstanding landscapist and has also served an an outstanding teacher, lecturer and juror.   Earlayne’s wildlife paintings are published and distributed by Ray Greenberg, Art Publisher in Chester, New York.  Several of Earlayne’s paintings have been chosen for exhibitions in New York, Dallas and Galveston.    Chance has been included in Marquis’ Who’s Who in America publications since 2001.

In 2009, she won the People’s Choice Award at the Hill Country Arts Foundation exhibit, Turning Point. She won 1996’s BEST OF SHOW award, for “Summertime on the Nueces” in Austin’s KLRU Art Classic.   She also won Honorable Mention in the 2002 Texas Wild Bunch exhibit in Kerrville.   She is being collected by major corporate collections, including Del Webb Sun City, Scott & White Hospital, Sumsung Corporation, Ernst & Young, LLP, DeLoitte & Touche, LLP, City Bank Trust, Lubbock, Tx., Wells-Fargo Bank-Kerrville, and Temple-Inland Corporation and The University of Texas at Austin Faculty Club.

Earlayne continually seeks locations across the Southwest, where many other fine art galleries show her plein-aire and studio paintings.    Her travels to international locales will soon result in paintings from these locations.   She often creates commissions for collectors.  Please contact Fredericksburg Art Gallery for information on any of these opportunities.