Noel BETOWSKI

Born Tilbury, Essex in 1952, Noel took a Foundation Course in Art & Design at Thurrock followed by three years at The Central School of Art, obtaining a BA Fine Art, Painting, in 1976.
While teaching part-time at The City Literary Institute 1977-87, he began visiting Cornwall, and painted a large series of detailed landscapes around St Ives, Mousehole & St Just.
In 1987 he moved with his wife Pam and son, first to Gulval, Penzance; then Sancreed where they built a Zen garden; finally, they moved to their present home,where Noel has his own studio.
Transferring from the urban life of North London to the pace of life in Cornwall is a big step for any young man to take, but it had an immediate, beneficial effect upon Noel's work. He, his wife Pam and their son have a passion for Celtic music and they have already published one CD. He has a rare degree of single-mindedness - evident when one looks at the way in which he has maintained his minimal “Vessels” most of which contain either buildings or tiny ships, according to the mood of their creator. (His latest 'Harbour & Ships' shaped like a gigantic fish's head - at least that is what I see (despite the building)- but I may be entirely wrong!
So the possibilities offered by The Eden Project, have influenced his current output.
The intricate, complex structure of the biomes gives this series a mysterious, futuristic, beauty, and the spatial aspects of the plant houses offer exciting visual inspiration. The entire exhibition is on the site. Noel Oddy &Laurie MacLaren 2008

Selected one man exhibitions:
Salt House Gallery, St Ives 1982,84, 91
New Gallery, London 1983
New Grafton Gallery, Barnes 1983-02
Hastings Gallery 1986
Square Gallery Highgate 1987
Penlee House Museum, Penzance 1988, 90
Porthmeor Gallery, St Ives 1992, 93
Gallery Tresco, Isles of Scilly 1994
Penhaven Gallery, St Ives 1996-02
Trelyon Gallery, St Ives 1997
Grove Contemporary Fine Art, Shrewsbury 1997
Glasshouse Gallery, Truro 1998
Ashbourne Gallery, Derbyshire 1998
Artifex Gallery, Birmingham 1998
The Chapel Gallery, Saltram House, Plymouth 1999
Highgate Fine Art, London 2000-2008

Selected group exhibitions:

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 1976 on
Camden Arts Centre
Mercury Gallery, Cork Street
The John Davies Gallery,Stow-on-the-Wold, Glos.
Mall Galleries, London
Crane Kalman Gallery, London
Cadogan Contemporary, London
The City Gallery, London
Highgate Fine Art, London 1997-2008

Paintings

Another Eden (1)
Another Eden (2)
Inside Eden
Very Dark Blue Sea
31 Red Harbour Vessel
Two Boats
39 Vessel 2001 Ex cat
32 Gold Square
33 On the water
21 Eden
24 Into Eden
22 Through Eden
29 Guitar Garden
From above
37 Anthems in Eden ( 3 )
38 Anthems in Eden ( 1 )
34 Harbour & Ships
23 Above the Garden
26 Blue Biome II
Lighthouse
04 Shapes Above
28 Yellow Disc
01 Dark Biome 2002
02 Dark Biome II 2002
03 Dark Biome through mist 2002
05 Shapes in Eden 2002
06 Blue Biome 2002
07 The shapes above 2002
08 Through mist, Eden Project 2002
09 Floating objects 2002
Sold
10 High above us 2002
11 Stairway 2002
12 Celtic Tropic landscape 2002
Sold
13 Overhead stairs 2002
14 Yellow overview 2002
15 Gantry and steps 2001
16 Evening at Eden 2001
17 Light through the Biomes 2001
18 Surrounding fields
19 All around us 2001
25 High Horizon 2002
27 Eden Curve 2002
30 Biome Curves 2002
20 Enclosure and fields 2001
36 Anthems in Eden ( 2 )
35 Window 2001
40 Another Eden Ex cat
41 Sea of boats Ex cat
Domes from a room, Venice
From house to house
Broadview Sea
Sold


Exhibitions

Noel BETOWSKI - The Eden Project and other paintings >

The School of Paris plus Friends and Noel,Noel 2008 - Dec 3rd to Jan 10th >