Encouragement of art in buckinghamshire

Alan Kidd – Sad news

It is with sadness that I announce the death of member Alan Kidd in December 2024. Alan was much loved and respected and active member of our Society.

He attended Walthamstow School of Art from 1961–65 and graduated in 1965 with a National Diploma in Design (NDD) in fine art and returned to Rhodesia where I started a career in graphic design.

Since he retired in 2009 he was able to concentrate his time on fine art work, exploring the techniques of painting in oil, watercolour and acrylics as well as modelling portraits and figures in clay.

He has exhibited in Rhodesia, Brussels, France, and the UK. and was a regular exhibitor at Obsidian Art Gallery during ‘Open Studios’ and other themed exhibitions as well as being an active member of Buckinghamshire Art Society.

As well as many private collections worldwide his paintings are in public collections at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury Vale District Council and two of his paintings were bought by The House of Lords. A large self-portrait was accepted for the Ruth Borchard 2011 Competition and Exhibition at Kings Place Gallery in London.

Amanda is a Chairperson of the Society