noel betowski
illumination

Failing light
30 x 30” 760 x 760cm mixed media on canvas

It is a pleasure to be hosting a major collection of new work by Noel Betowski as the first solo artist exhibition at The Great Atlantic Falmouth Gallery. Noel has shown with us since the first Great Atlantic gallery opened in St Just nine years ago and we have always been great admirers of his work.

The link with St Just is all the more poignant since, as an art student, Noel was first introduced to St Just and its surroundings by the late and highly acclaimed artist and teacher, David Haughton. The move to Falmouth in this instance represents a change of venue for the Great Atlantic and, as you will see in this catalogue, a change of direction for this wonderful artist.

Michael Jay, Falmouth, April 2005

Artist, Noel Betowski has exhibited at The Royal Academy, The National Portrait Gallery and was twice winner of “The John Constable Landscape Prize” at The Camden Annual (3rd in 1982 and 2nd in 1983). Born in Tilbury, Essex in 1952, he studied at the Central School of Art, gaining a B.A. Fine Art Painting in 1976 and an A.T.C. from London University in 1977. Noel has worked as a full time practising artist since 1980, moving to Cornwall in 1987. He continues to exhibit widely and his work is in private collections worldwide.

Please call 01326 318452 / 01736 788911 or e-mail: gallery@greatatlantic.co.uk to reserve the painting of your choice.

Paintings may be collected by arrangement or we can arrange delivery from as little as £20 depending on size and distance. Money back if not entirely satisfied (provided we are informed within 3 days of your painting being collected/delivered). Cheques and all major credit cards accepted. Colours may vary between the original paintings and the reproductions shown here. All paintings are framed .

Dark sea
28 x 23.5” 71 x 60cm silkscreen print
(printed in conjunction with David D'Silva of D'Silva Editions, limited edition of 100 plus 10 artist proofs on 400gram arches paper, using over 40 colour separations)
 

Grand Canal/Venice
8 x 7.5” 20 x 19cm oil on board

“Illumination”

This series of paintings mainly spanning the past year sprang from a chance discovery of some of my photographs and drawings from student days at The Central College of Art (now Central St Martins). Venice was one of many countries I visited at that time, but its atmosphere still haunts my thoughts. I have combined these images with other places that are important to me i.e. Tilbury where I was born, Penzance and Tregonebris where I now live.

In many of these paintings I have included fragments of images that have emerged in my work over the past twenty years or so. This process is my way of creating a personal reality within the confines of a two dimensional surface.

Illumination seems an apt title for this exhibition - it can refer to early manuscripts of 6th-8th century such as the Irish “Book of Kells” and later East European religious icons that I became aware of as a child. Because of my use of metallic paint many paintings in this collection when catching light at a certain angle appear to illuminate.

Noel Betowski, April 2005

Two trees
50 x 42” 125 x 106cm mixed media on canvas

Three in a row No.4
12 x 9” 30 x 23cm oil on board

Red vessel
24 x 20” 61 x 51cm mixed media on canvas

Tree of gold
13.5 x 10.5” 34 x 27cm mixed media on board

Early morning/Tilbury
10 x 8.5” 27 x 22cm mixed media on board

Blue dome/falling light
24 x 20” 61 x 51cm mixed media on canvas

Dark seas
36 x 30” 910 x 760cm mixed media on canvas

From a red garden
36 x 30” 910 x 760cm mixed media on canvas

Light/ladder/lighthouse
36 x 30” 910 x 760cm mixed media on canvas

Tresco Garden
36 x 30” 910 x 760cm mixed media on canvas

Losing the light
30 x 30” 760 x 760cm mixed media on canvas

Tilbury Power Station
30 x 30” 760 x 760cm mixed media on canvas

Dome through a window
30 x 30” 760 x 760cm mixed media on canvas

Venice interior
30 x 30” 760 x 760cm mixed media on canvas

Gold disc
66 x 42” 175 x 106cm mixed media on canvas

Grand Canal/Venice No.2
20 x 20” 51 x 51cm mixed media on canvas

Under the surface No. 2
36 x 36” 910 x 910cm mixed media on canvas

Under the surface
36 x 36” 910 x 910cm mixed media on canvas

Incoming mist, Penzance
30 x 30” 760 x 760cm mixed media on canvas

Lloyds building in the mist
24 x 24” 61 x 61cm mixed media on canvas

Falmouth dome
24 x 24” 61 x 61cm mixed media on canvas

Copper light
18 x 18” 46 x 46cm mixed media on canvas

Falling light/Venice
36 x 30” 910 x 760cm mixed media on canvas

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9th - 26th April 2005

Opening times 10.30 a.m. till 4.30 p.m. Monday to Saturday

The Great Atlantic Falmouth Gallery
48 Arwenack Street, Falmouth TR11 3JH
Telephone: 01326 318452 / 01736 788911

www.greatatlantic.co.uk
e-mail: gallery@greatatlantic.co.uk