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Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Alan grew up and was educated in Rhodesia. He studied Art at Walthamstow School of Art, in Essex, England where he was lucky enough to benefit from tutors of the calibre of Peter Blake, Fred Cuming and Ken Howard for painting and Anne House for sculpture and stone carving. He graduated in 1965, obtaining a National Diploma in Design (NDD) in Fine Art - (Painting and Sculpture). After leaving Walthamstow Alan returned to Rhodesia where he started a career in advertising, graphic design and illustration. Alan now lives in Oxfordshire and although still working as a freelance graphic designer is very active in the field of fine art.Exploring various painting media to produce texture, light and colour effects, both accidental and considered are his prime objectives. He endeavours to achieve a clean, contemporary approach, whilst retaining the values of traditional painting.In addition to painting landscapes, still life and portraiture in oil, watercolour, acrylic and pastels he also enjoys working in clay to produce figures and portrait heads from life.Alan?s work has been shown at Patchings Farm, Nottingham; in Montesson, France; in Belgium; at various local exhibitions throughout Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire including various themed exhibitions at The Obsidian Art Gallery near Aylesbury.CollectionsApart from many private collectors, Alan?s work also hangs in public collections, namely, Aylesbury Vale District Council Offices and Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Bucks.His work can be viewed online at www.alankidd.com where giclée prints can be ordered up to A2 size.Commissions for portrait paintings and portrait sculpture by appointment with the artist. Tel: 01844 214969 or E-mail: alan@scorpio-design.co.uk.
