Hillier
was born in Buckinghamshire, England, grew up near Windsor
Castle and was graduated with distinction from Dyfed College
of Art in Carmarthen, West Wales.
He
is a member of The Society of Animal Artists and his work
is shown in the traveling exhibition of the Society; it
has also been included in Leigh Yawkey Woodson’s touring
show of “Birds in Art.”
In
1995, he won the World Wildlife Fund Fine Art Award. In
1998, he received The People’s Choice Award from The
Florida Wildlife and Western Art Expo, and he is a three-time
recipient of The Society of Animal Artists’ Award
of Excellence (1997, 1998, 2002).