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Out of Nowhere is a visual feast at the Royal Cornwall Museum

TRURO.- Walking into the Out of Nowhere exhibition that has just opened at the Royal Cornwall Museum in Truro is like treating yourself to a visual feast. Known as triptychs, huge paintings across three large canvasses adorn much of the wall space – some of them brightly coloured and all featuring intricate details that demand a closer look. Artist Noel Betowski has lived in Cornwall since 1987 and the inspiration he draws from his surroundings is implicit in his works, some of which, he says, took as much as two months each, working twelve hours a day, to produce. It’s not hard to see why. “I have a rough idea of what I want to achieve when I start a painting but my original ideas develop and change in the process,” said Noel. “I haven’t seen the triptychs hanging together before and must admit to feeling overwhelmed. The museum has done a brilliant job and the gallery is won