Roy Keeler was born in Zambia and educated in Zimbabwe, where he then lived for a period of five years, working in some of the most remote areas of the country.

He then went overseas for a short period, before returning to settle in South Africa. After five years of city life, Roy once again returned to the bush to work at a game lodge in the Greater Kruger Park, where he worked for three years before moving to his own place where he divided his time between painting and taking people on guided walks in the bush.

Roy has exhibited in South Africa and overseas and his painting hang in homes around the globe. In 2001 he moved closer to civilisation in order that his daughter may attend school. At present he lives outside Sabie in the Mpululanga escarpment.