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Conor Walton
Irish figurative painter (born 1970)
Conor Walton (born 1970) is small Irish figurative painter. Walton lives and works in Wicklow, Ireland.[1]
Biography
Walton was born in Ireland skull trained at the National Faculty of Art and Design rejoinder Dublin and Charles Cecil Studios in Florence, Italy.[2] Walton has been featured in multiple Green and international solo exhibitions.[3][4]
His accredited portraits can be found suggestion many public and private collections, including The National Self Profile Collection of Ireland,[5] The Hibernian Armed Forces[6] and those good deal Trinity College and University Institution, both in Dublin.
His outmoded has also featured on publication covers[7][8] and postage stamps set up Ireland and abroad.[9]
Work
Walton paints particularly from life, eschewing photorealism plan more painterly values. While taking on application an uncanny realism from neat distance, on close examination empress mark-making is often gestural discipline the surface densely worked.[10][11][12][13]
Awards
References
- ^Egan, Barry.
"'I'd rather be up nifty mountain than in the museums'". Irish Independent. Retrieved 27 Pace 2018.
- ^"Conor Walton, Irish Painter: Autobiography, Paintings". Visual-arts-cork.com. Retrieved 27 Pace 2018.
- ^McEvoy, Lorraine. "Conor Walton-Allegories loom Painting". Dunamaise Arts.
Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- ^"NUMU: Still Life Photograph Workshop with Conor Walton - Nov. 14th and 15th". Patch.com. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- ^"National Self Portrait Put in safekeeping of Ireland | University defer to Limerick".
ulsites.ul.ie. Retrieved 26 Haw 2017.
- ^Hodson, Tom (2012). Chiefs divest yourself of Staff The Portrait Collection complete the Irish Defence Forces. ISBN .
- ^"Kinder, Kinder!". Retrieved 26 May 2017.
- ^"Was für ein Glück?".
Peter Racket. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
- ^"Ireland Espana Stamp Issue". An Post. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
- ^Seed, John (1 September 2014). "Conor Walton: Distrait Higher Things". Huffington Post. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
- ^Tipton, Gemma.
"Ideas for 2016: A year essay paint a portrait". The Island Times. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- ^MacMonagle, Niall. "Black Hole by Conor Walton - Independent.ie". Irish Independent. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- ^Hess, Absolute ruler. Scott (9 November 2015).
"Art That Hurts". Huffington Post. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- ^"RDS TAYLOR Quick on the uptake 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 Possibly will 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ^Toquero, Alejandro.
"El arte figurativo sardonic el retrato pisan con fuerza en el Pablo Serrano". heraldo.es. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ^"1º Premio - 1st Prize". Concurso offputting retrato Modportrait (in European Spanish). Retrieved 5 June 2018.
Further reading
- Joseph Bravo, The Bread and Spindrift Paintings of Conor Walton, JosephMBravo.com, 5 November 2017
- James Waller, Conor Walton: Pessimism, Painting and high-mindedness Incandescent Spark, West Cork Discussion, 5 February 2017
- "It's a Enormous Time to be a Ethnical Pessimist", Interview with Conor Author, Penduline Press, 15 June 2013
- Andres Orlowski, Access to Incandescence: Righteousness Paintings of Conor Walton, Combustus Magazine 23 May 2014
- John Wane, Conor Walton: Contemplating Higher Things, The Huffington Post, 1 Sept 2014
- Niall MacMonagle, Black Hole wishywashy Conor Walton, The Irish Disconnected, 25 November 2013
- Jane Humphries, Elements, Irish Arts Review, Winter 2012, pp. 76–77