Raymond was a long standing member of the Saint John Art Club.

He took art courses in Montreal at Sir George Williams, and night courses at the Y.M.C.A.

He attended Commercial Art Study at Studio 5316 Inc. in Montreal as well as going to night school at Toronto’s Victoria School of Art.

Raymond took drawing lessons with John Leonard in Saint John and attended drawing classes in vocational school with Peter Davidson.

He also took Life Drawing classes with Ray Butler. His last job, which he considered a lost art, was repairing antiques by silver plating, brass, copper, nickel, and chrome.