England-born, contemporary emerging artist, Ray Hill´s ABSTRACT paintings are strongly influenced by his adopted home of Spain.

The PAINTER received his training at the Cheltenham & Gloucester College and the University of Gloucestershire.

A SELECTED list of his EXHIBITIONS is as follows:

2000
Cheltenham group of artists open exhibition.

2001
Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, group show.
Locations, Gloucester, group show

2002
ING and Discerning Eye student exhibition, London
Eyepoppers open exhibition, Gloucester.
Sotheby's Shrewsbury Visual Arts Open.
University of Gloucestershire Degree Show.
Millfield Open Summer Show, Street, Somerset.
Solo show at The Rockface, Birmingham

His works also form part of several private collections and the New Nuffield Hospital, Cheltenham.

In the words of the artist:

I am deeply influenced by the colours and textures of Spain. In particular the Tarragona region of Catalonia. My work has a strong physical grounding but also shows the duality of our nature. I try to combine the obviously physical substances of the earth itself with a subtle and sensitive rendering of the painted surface, to show, through abstract means, the constant striving for reconciliation between our lower selves and our higher spiritual nature. this is a timeless metaphysical battle. In my life, as in my painting, I am ultimately seeking balance and harmony.

I am deeply influenced by the colours and textures of Spain. In particular the Tarragona region of Catalonia. My work has a strong physical grounding but also shows the duality of our nature. I try to combine the obviously physical substances of the earth itself with a subtle and sensitive rendering of the painted surface, to show, through abstract means, the constant striving for reconciliation between our lower selves and our higher spiritual nature. this is a timeless metaphysical battle.