The Artist Ray Miles

Before becoming a Professor at University of Massachusetts, Ray miles was a Police officer for the New York Police Department in the 60's a Paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division Fort Bragg, NC during the Korean War. Ray Miles also owned different businesses in New York before moving his family to Massachusetts in the early 70's. Ray Miles passed away in 1994. He is survied by 3 sons and 1 daughter.

The Slave

Completed in the 70's, this piece was last seen at an art gallery in California.

W E B Debois Sculpture presented to Mrs Dubois

Mr Miles had the honor to present one of his scuptures to Mrs W.E.B Dubois wife in the Mid 70's. The presentation was also covered by Ebony Magazine.




University of Massachusetts Amherst has the largest W.E.B Dubois archives located in the UMass Library. Photo was taken at the New Africa House on the campus of UMass.











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The Warlord

This Sculpture was finished in the mid 70's and has been on display at different Art gallaries in Western Massachusetts.
The Warlord now sits ideled in Oregon.

Raymond R Miles II Pastels and Paintings

Raymond Miles was very multi talented in many different areas beside his sculptures.

















African Pastel

















New England Seascape

Raymond R Miles II History

Raymond R Miles was born in Brooklyn,New York.














Black Moses 1972


























The Sculpture of Raymond R Miles has been put into a catagory of its own, when it comes to quality workmanship when it comes to Sheet metal Art.
























Other Artist have tried to come close, but never figured out how Miles could get such detail out of strips of sheet metal and put them together with welds that put themselves in position to keep a human form without losing its integrity. Master welders can tell the marksmenship that was put into the Miles technique. Even though Raymaond R Miles has since passed away artwork such as his has not been seen publicly since now. This blog will start to reveal some of the artwork from the Raymond R Miles Art collection that has been put away by his children and will now be showed for those who can appriciate the Sheet metal art which helped him become a well known artist at the University of Massachusetts Amherst from the early 70's to early 80's before his departure from the art world. This blog will tell a acurate story about the artwork of Raymond R Miles and his struggles in life to become a well known Black American artist. MORE TO COME