Earle Darius Etienne is the most recognized and influential of Dominican artists. He was born on 24th of February 1957 in Dominica. He painted and experimented with different painting styles , genres, media, and exhibited annually before attending the Jamaica School of Art .

He is best known for his smoke technique, the use of African retention of traditional dance, dancers and Carnival. His works are influenced by ancestral, cultural, spiritual, physical, and other aspects of his Dominica environment.

Earle contributed one of his original works to the Leve Academy. This remains the property of the Academy to date.