Raymond Higgs was born in Carlisle in 1940. He studied painting at Carlisle College of Art 1956 -61 and was taught by Jack Seabury, from there he gained entry to the R.A Schools graduating in 1964. He was influenced and helped by William Scott R.A and won the 1st Landseer Prize and Silver Medal 1962 Eric Kennington Drawing Prize 1962, Richard Jack Prize 1963, The Royal Sovereign Drawing Prize 1963, Awarded a Rome and Abbey Minor Scholarship in Painting 1966.
Mini Print International 10. Cadaques, Barcelona, Spain Mini Print International 13. Cadaques, Barcelona, Spain 1993; the 3rd Kochi International Triennial Exhibition of Prints Kochi Japan 1996.Lessedra Third World Art Print Annual, Sofia Bulgaria. 2004. Lessedra 7th Mini Print Annual, Sofia Bulgaria 2008. Printmaker's Printmaker Printfest 2008 Ulverston Cumbria. Public Collections include Northern Arts, Abbot Hall Picture Loan, Carlisle Public Library, Paintings in Hospitals (South) Motorola Ltd, Fylde Arts Association, Carlisle Museum & Art Gallery, B.I.C.C. Ltd, Paintings in Hospitals (North), . Aldi Stores Ltd Neston Cheshire. Northern Arts Purchase Award in 1985
Trained and practised as a painter, he has since 1981 concentrated on relief printmaking as the medium where he could best explore his interest in colour, in multiples.
