Conor Walton (born 1970) is an Irish figurative painter. Walton lives and works in

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, Ireland.

Biography

Walton was born in

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and trained at the

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in Dublin and

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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

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, 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.

Awards

* Keating McLoughlin and Don Niccolo D'Ardia Caracciolo medal from the

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* 1993 RDS Taylor Art Award * 2005

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shortlisted * 2013

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Still Life winner * 2014 Art Renewal Center Still Life winner * ModPortrait 2017

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Walton, Conor Irish contemporary artists Irish portrait painters 20th-century Irish painters Irish male painters 1970 births Realist painters Living people Postmodern artists Contemporary painters 21st-century Irish painters 20th-century Irish male artists

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