Stuart Ray was a painter, draughtsman, printmaker and teacher. Born in 1916 in London. Studied at the Regent Street Polythechnic School of Art, 1937-9 and then at the Royal College of Art in the engraving school from 1939-40.

After being invalided out of the army in India he continued studying at the RCA - in the painting school where his teachers included Gilbert Spencer and Percy Horton. He was appointed head of the art school at South-West Essex Technical College, Walthamstow in 1951 and remained there until his retirement in 1983. He married the Australian artist, Karen Ray (1931-1998). He exhibited with Rowland, Browse and Delbanco, the Phoenix Gallery, Lavenham, the Royal Academy and the New English Art Club. He lived in London. His work is held in the Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane.