[1] Memorable pieces include, "Night Before Christmas", "Gift of the Magi", and "Casey At The Bat", which he donated to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Sporting his trademark bow tie, hat, and walking stick (usually a tree branch), Mr. Kidd would sit on a rock and sketch into the blue hours.
The evening shadows in this area have been known to play tricks, leading men astray from the path home - and Mr. Kidd got good and lost, many times!
Moving to the Hudson River Valley area in 1948, he was a deacon of the Union Church of Pocantico Hills, where many of his works are displayed among the famous Chagall windows and Henri Matisse's Rosette.
He is buried alongside Maurine, his wife of more than 40 years, on a sloping hill in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery which overlooks the bridge where Ichabod met his fate.