Noel Herbert Wood

Noel Wood (1912-2001)

Born in Strathalbyn, South Australia, Noel Herbert Wood attended art school in Adelaide where his tutor was the painter, Marie Tuck. He married Eleanor Weld Skipper, whom he met at art school, and fathered two daughters, Virginia Maray and Ann Oenone. [http://www.anngrocott.com] For nearly sixty years, Noel Wood lived on Bedarra Island, North Queensland, where he painted and established his dwelling, studio and food gardens. In 1946, he painted in Ireland, Britain and Europe, before returning to Bedarra. Noel Wood had stopped painting by the 1970’s. Noel Wood’s work is represented in public collections throughout Australia and in many private collections in Australia, U.K. and U.S.A.

References

Wilson, Gavin “Escape Artists: Modernists in the Tropics”Cairns Regional Gallery, Queensland 4870, Australia 1998 ISBN 0 9586858 27.

"Howard Hinton, Patron of Art"Angus & RobertsonHalstead Press, Sydney N.S.W. Australia. 1951.

"The Island and the Painter" ABC TV film. Producer Rob Stewart 1987.Source: Australian Broadcasting Commission, Film Database.