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Conor Walton

Irish figurative painter (born 1970)

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

^ Egan, Barry. "'I'd rather be up a mountain than in the museums'". Irish Independent. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
^ "Conor Walton, Irish Painter: Biography, Paintings". Visual-arts-cork.com. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
^ McEvoy, Lorraine. "Conor Walton-Allegories of Painting". Dunamaise Arts. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
^ "NUMU: Still Life Painting Workshop with Conor Walton - Nov. 14th and 15th". Patch.com. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
^ "National Self Portrait Collection of Ireland | University of Limerick". ulsites.ul.ie. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
^ Hodson, Tom (2012). Chiefs of Staff The Portrait Collection of the Irish Defence Forces. ISBN 978-1-84588-755-1.
^ "Kinder, Kinder!". Retrieved 26 May 2017.
^ "Was für ein Glück?". Peter Lang. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
^ "Ireland Spain Stamp Issue". An Post. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
^ Seed, John (1 September 2014). "Conor Walton: Contemplating Higher Things". Huffington Post. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
^ Tipton, Gemma. "Ideas for 2016: A year to paint a portrait". The Irish Times. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
^ MacMonagle, Niall. "Black Hole by Conor Walton - Independent.ie". Irish Independent. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
^ Hess, F. Scott (9 November 2015). "Art That Hurts". Huffington Post. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
^ "RDS TAYLOR ART COMPETITION WINNERS 1878 – 2015". Royal Dublin Society. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
^ "BP Portrait Award 2005". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
^ Kennedy, Maev (14 June 2005). "Painstaking artist wins £25,000 BP Portrait Award". the Guardian. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
^ "2013-2014 Salon: StillLife results". Art Renewal Center. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
^ "2014-2015 Salon: StillLife results". Art Renewal Center. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
^ "Lo mejor de la pintura realista vuelve al IAACC Pablo Serrano | El Digital de Asturias". www.eldigitaldeasturias.com (in European Spanish). 30 May 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
^ Toquero, Alejandro. "El arte figurativo y el retrato pisan con fuerza en el Pablo Serrano". heraldo.es. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
^ "1º Premio - 1st Prize". Concurso de retrato Modportrait (in European Spanish). Retrieved 5 June 2018.