Earle A. Titus was born in 1895 in Woodsville, New Hampshire. After graduating high school, he went to Boston and studied at the New School of Design with John Douglas Connah and Vesper George, and began his career doing illustrations for the Saturday Evening Post, the Boston Post, and other periodicals. He painted extensively in Vermont and northern New England locations, including Monhegan with his friends Aldro T. Hibbard of Rockport, MA, and Lee W. Court. He was a member of the Copley Society of Boston, and President of the Wakefield Art Association. His work is present in many private and corporate collections, and was widely exhibited locally in Massachusetts.