My artwork reflects my inner life, its emotions, desires, concerns. Often it is only in the process of painting that I become aware of what is going on within myself. The painting allowing the non-verbal and subconscious aspects of myself to be expressed. Themes that often appear are a desire to connect with the natural world while at the  same time awareness of a deep estrangement from it that is both personal and societal. Other themes involve  history, personal, family and cultural and how that impacts us in the here and now. Often things have been hidden and have been lost to memory but can still be influencing us without us being alive to that.

I often start with playful marks using charcoal, coloured pencils, ink, collage and build up layers in a fairly intuitive way. While there may be an initial idea or inspiration I tend to let go of this and allow the painting to develop as I respond to what has been laid down. I find I’m happier with the pieces that have evolved rather than when I aim for a particular end result. Colours are chosen, layers built and emotions , ideas or fleeting memories are sparked informing the next stage of the painting until finally the painting feels finished. While this is  a personal response, these feelings and themes are common to many people allowing the possibility of bridging the space between artist and viewer.

  I work mainly in acrylics but often incorporate other media. My work tends to be colourful and I enjoy using colour theory and glazes or transparent layers of collage  to create a sense of depth and subtlety.

Sue Kidd is a self taught artist living and working in the Wirral. She started painting about 10years ago whilst working as a GP. Retirement 5 years ago gave her time to develop her practice.

She mainly works in acrylic but uses other media as seems appropriate to the work. Her main passion is for abstract work but she also produces loose figurative paintings and is presently exploring collagraph printing.

She has exhibited at the Williamson art gallery, Liverpool art fair and at the Storey in Lancaster. She has taken part in Wirral open studio tour over the last couple of years.