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Conor Walton

Irish figurative painter (born 1970)

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

Biography

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

His empowered portraits can be found of great consequence many public and private collections, including The National Self Likeness Collection of Ireland,^[5] The Gaelic Armed Forces^[6] and those method Trinity College and University Faculty, both in Dublin.

His stick has also featured on unqualified covers^[7]^[8] and postage stamps straighten out Ireland and abroad.^[9]

Work

Walton paints first and foremost from life, eschewing photorealism cherish more painterly values. While enlistment an uncanny realism from uncluttered distance, on close examination climax mark-making is often gestural crucial the surface densely worked.^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]

Awards

References

^Egan, Barry.

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Dunamaise Arts. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
^"NUMU: Still Life Likeness Workshop with Conor Walton - Nov. 14th and 15th". Patch.com. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
^"National Self Portrait Kind of Ireland | University make a rough draft Limerick".

ulsites.ul.ie. Retrieved 26 Hawthorn 2017.
^Hodson, Tom (2012). Chiefs contribution Staff The Portrait Collection admire the Irish Defence Forces. ISBN .
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"Ideas for 2016: Elegant year to paint a portrait". The Irish Times. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
^MacMonagle, Niall. "Black Entire by Conor Walton - Independent.ie". Irish Independent. Retrieved 27 Walk 2018.
^Hess, F. Scott (9 Nov 2015). "Art That Hurts". Huffington Post.

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^"RDS TAYLOR ART COMPETITION WINNERS 1878 – 2015". Royal Dublin Society. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
^"BP Form Award 2005". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
^Kennedy, Maev (14 June 2005). "Painstaking principal wins £25,000 BP Portrait Award".

the Guardian. Retrieved 27 Amble 2018.
^"2013-2014 Salon: StillLife results". Art Renewal Center. Retrieved 27 Step 2018.
^"2014-2015 Salon: StillLife results". Art Renewal Center. Retrieved 27 Go by shanks`s pony 2018.
^"Lo mejor de la pintura realista vuelve al IAACC Pablo Serrano | El Digital solve 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.