Ethereal Delirium brings together brand-new work alongside paintings from Betts’ international exhibitions that have never before been shown in Moncton.

Betts’ work is held in private and corporate collections worldwide, with more than 200 exhibitions spanning Tokyo, Paris, London, Iceland, and New York. His paintings are immersive, prismatic, and physically charged, exploring the tension between conscious and subconscious experience through color, gesture, and layered surfaces.

Betts has completed artist residencies in Iceland, Ireland, and Costa Rica, including a resulting exhibition at the National Gallery of Costa Rica. He currently works from his studio in Moncton, New Brunswick.

Artist Statement:

“My use of ethereal gesture and expressionist forms has since set the tone for my highly charged prismatic color field paintings. I aim to rethink the very parameters of contemporary painting, and my work touches on many pertinent and pressing concerns around the practice of chromatic mark making, and how these relate to artistic ideals in the 21st century. My martyristic paintings inhabit the space where consciousness descends into dream; where pattern and color expand to become an immersive sensory experience. In this celestial space, I seek to examine this dream-like suppression of recognizable imagery and capture the visceral sensations with the sublime nature of drips and the colorfield. Multiple layers of tension – between the duality of conscious and subconscious surrealist automatism, flat surface and illusory depth – propel my Aquarian desire to use visual cues as a means of stimulating ascending metaphysical sensation.”

New to our Online Gallery!

Annette Martin

We’re excited to announce that Annette’s work is now for sale as part of our online gallery. Explore her colourful abstract landscapes and other mixed media works, and stay tuned for more news about this incredible body of work. Her bold and vibrant take on Canadian landscapes is a fantastic addition to anyone’s home or collection.