RJ Gray Jr. (Bob) is a native of Stratton, Maine, grew up in Massachusetts and currently resides, once again, in Stratton. He attended Mass College of Art for a year and a half in the mid-70s majoring in sculpture. Gray returned to college graduating from Salem State in Massachusetts in 1989 with a degree in studio arts -printmaking concentration- and a minor in English literature. His work has been included in printmaking competitions throughout the U.S., as well as Denmark and Finland. He was listed in Who's Who in America 2003 and 2004 editions. Gray is a member of both the Boston Printmakers' and the Los Angeles Printmakers' societies. He is currently employed at the Original Irregular newspaper in Kingfield.

Little is more pervasive than imagery. Images bombard us at record rates, in unprecedented ways. One response to this over-stimulation is to take images for granted, another, however, is to focus on a select few. Take an image and focus on it, isolate it in such a way as to require the viewer's full attention -this is my response. Much in the way icons are designed to function, I attempt to embody various elements in my works to create a sense of the sanctity of what might otherwise be overlooked.