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Conor Walton (born 1970) is an Irish figurative painter. Walton lives and works in Wicklow, Ireland.[1]

Biography

Walton was born in Ireland and trained at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin and Charles Cecil Studios in Florence, Italy.[2] Walton has been featured in multiple Irish and international solo exhibitions.[3][4]

His commissioned portraits can be found in many public and private collections, including The National Self Portrait Collection of Ireland,[5] The Irish Armed Forces[6] and those of Trinity College and University College, both in Dublin.

His work has also featured on book covers[7][8] and postage stamps in Ireland and abroad.[9]

Work

Walton paints principally from life, eschewing photorealism for more painterly values. While retaining an uncanny realism from a distance, on close examination his mark-making is often gestural and the surface densely worked.[10][11][12][13]

Awards

• Keating McLoughlin and Don Niccolo D'Ardia Caracciolo medal from the Royal Hibernian Academy
• 1993 RDS Taylor Art Award[14]
• 2005 BP Portrait award shortlisted[15][16]
• 2013 Art Renewal Center Still Life winner[17]
• 2014 Art Renewal Center Still Life winner[18]
• ModPortrait 2017[19][20][21]

References

Further reading

• Joseph Bravo, The Bread and Butter Paintings of Conor Walton, JosephMBravo.com, 5 November 2017
• James Waller, Conor Walton: Pessimism, Painting and the Incandescent Spark, West Cork Review, 5 February 2017
• "It's a Great Time to be a Cultural Pessimist", Interview with Conor Walton, Penduline Press, 15 June 2013
• Andres Orlowski, Access to Incandescence: The Paintings of Conor Walton, Combustus Magazine 23 May 2014
• John Seed, Conor Walton: Contemplating Higher Things, The Huffington Post, 1 September 2014
• Niall MacMonagle, Black Hole by Conor Walton, The Irish Independent, 25 November 2013
• Jane Humphries, Elements, Irish Arts Review, Winter 2012, pp. 76–77

External links

• Official website
• Conor Walton's channel on YouTube

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