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