Michael Kidd, born in London, and then studied at Wimbledon School of Art where he gained a scholarship to the Royal College of Arts. Fellow art students included the film director Ridley Scott and artist David Hockney. After leaving the Royal College of Art,Kidd worked as an art director in some of London's leading advertising agencies before moving to the New York in 1966 to work as a Creative Director. On his return to the UK he started directing television and cinema commercials covering Europe, the US and UK whilst undertaking work for British Airways, Coca Cola, Lloyds, Barclays Bank, Ford Motor Company amongst others.
In 1981 Kidd started to paint between film shoots and eventually this became more important to him as more people started to buy his pieces. This led to Kidd leaving directing to become a full-time artist.
Kidd's works showed a strong imaginative streak with elements of quirkinesss and surrealism. His thems included gardens, chateaux, coastal, cities, and any subject that held his interest.
Michael Kidd said he tends to 'think in terms of numbers'. He was facinated by 'patterns and mathematics, the poetry of the indecipherable'. Kidd's art shows his characteristic pleasure with what he called 'playing with different perspectives - giving the illusion of reality, and keeping it simple'.