Conor Walton


Conor Walton is an Irish figurative painter. Walton lives and works in Wicklow, Ireland.

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. Walton has been featured in multiple Irish and international solo exhibitions.
His commissioned portraits can be found in many public and private collections, including the National Self Portrait Collection of Ireland, The Irish Armed Forces and those of Trinity College and University College, both in Dublin.
His work has also featured on book covers and postage stamps in Ireland and abroad.

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.

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