Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Chuck Staley grew up and lived in several southern states before he married and moved to Los Angeles to work in the film and TV business.

Staley has always been an artist of one type or another. When he wasn’t writing screenplays or working behind the camera directing the movie “Cracking Up” with actors Fred Willard and Harry Shearer, or directing music videos with Emmylou Harris, Willie Nelson and Jerry Lee Lewis, he was working in films and TV shows with such stars as James Spader, Gary Busey, Diane Lane, James Woods, and Alan Rickman.

Then there were the six years he spent with CBS, directing for Sixty Minutes and the CBS Evening News while writing a novel.

And when Chuck isn’t involved with show business, he’s creating the painterly artwork for which he is becoming known.

Staley says, “With my artwork it’s all about vivid colors. I love color – lots of it!"