Born in New Zealand Raymond Jennings began painting and exhibiting at the age of twelve. Two years later his work featured in a nationwide Society of Arts touring exhibition. Raymond also painted a 20m mural inside Kamo High School library, Whangarei.
He studied at Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland University graduating in 1975.

"A theatrical childhood, with both parents acting and producing plays, my father also being an eccentric physics teacher, and a family
friend being a prominent architect, all introduced me to creative expression. Then, being introduced to oil painting on canvas at age twelve, with exhibitions and sales of work soon after confirmed my direction as an artist."

His work carries a positive dynamic energy, with virtuoso colour combinations, light and dark contrast, a strong sense of form and movement, together with an expansive multi-dimensional spatial understanding; generated by an inspiration that is both worldly and universal.

"My paintings and drawings are a positive expression of our world in form and colour, motion and character, radiance, and depth,
with the energies of universal inspiration."