Roy Beverley Abell (21 January 1931 – 30 June 2020) was an English Midlands-based artist. He was born in Small Heath, Birmingham and had a distinguished career as a painter and as an art teacher. He studied at the Birmingham College of Art and at the Royal College of Art in London, returning to Birmingham to teach at his former college from 1957 to 1982. He was made head of the painting school in 1974 and served as a member of the West Midlands Arts - Fine Arts Panel.