This is the personal web site of artist, Kenneth Child.

Kenneth Child was one of many siblings living in an isolated country cottage in East Sussex at the time of the general depression in the 1930s. He left the local village school when he was just 14, with a deep love and knowledge of the countryside. Later, he added six months to his age in order to get into the RAF, at supposedly 18, and soon found himself heading by convoy to the lush violence of the Burmese jungle, to a forward area squadron.

After the war Kenneth was fortunate enough to be given a generous grant by the Labour government of the day to study art for four years full-time. He then worked with the Eric Gill community at Ditchling Common, East Sussex, embracing its passion for design and craftsmanship. Here he flourished, developing great skill in all aspect of stonecutting and was taught letter cutting by Joseph Cribb, who was Eric Gill’s first assistant.

Kenneth had to educate himself, so he read avidly and built up a wide knowledge of historic church and domestic architecture, enabling him to lecture on the subject. He came to enjoy a wide reputation as a restorative stonemason, sculptor and letter cutter whilst also developing his landscape and portrait painting to a professional level.