Ray Hill

Biography

Exhibitions - Gallery Guide Links
Exhibitions - Full Listings
2008		Cheltenham Town Hall, Sep 6th - Oct 3rd
2008 August		Stroud Subscription Roooms, Solo show
2008		Mills, Withy's Yard, Stroud, Glos. Solo Show
2007		Halo House, Cheltenham, Group Show
2006		Sabre Art Gallery, Quedgeley, Glos, Group show
2005		Brockworth Tythe Barn, Glos. group exhibition
2005		Isbourne Foundation, Cheltenham, solo exhibition
2005		Cheltenham Group, Artists Open Exhibition
2005		Gloucestershire Artists Open House
2004		Waterloo Gallery, London, Summer Open
2004		Cheltenham Group, Artists Open Exhibition
2003		Cheltenham Group, Artists Open Exhibition
2003		L'Ametlia de Mar, Spain, Solo Show
2002		The Rockface, Birmingham, Solo show
2002		Millfield Open Summer Show, Street, Somerset
2002		University of Gloucestershire Degree Show
2002		Sotheby's, Shrewsbury Visual Arts Open
2002		Eyepoppers, Gloucester, Open Exhibition
2002		ING, Discerning Eye, London
2001		Locations, Gloucester Docks, Group show
2001		Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, Group show

Statement

'INSIDE SERIES'
These works are a direct result of my meditation practice.The seeking for harmony and balance in my life led me to investigate the art of meditation.Using the eastern tradition of contemplating the seven Chakra centres linked to the physical body.Each of the Chakras has an association to a dominant colour, the colours also interweave and blend together creating a vibrant, living mixed palette. The paintings are reflective contemplations, often subtle and calming.

'INNER LANDSCAPE SERIES'
We cannot improve on nature. The natural world has the most varied and glorious of colours. What we can do, through a process of co-creation, is absorb all that we see with our physical eyes: colour, tone, form and texture. Then we can internalise, by using our internal eyes and add our own imaginings. From this we are able to create something new. This morphing of the outside natural world and the internal world of imagination produces an image that is familiar and yet unrecognisable, comforting and intriguing. The eyes of the body see a version of reality. The internal eyes of the spirit bring forth a new form of reality, upon which the viewer may reflect outwardly and also inwardly.