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Conor Walton (born 1970) 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. To date Walton has had eight Irish and six 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.

Awards

 * Keating McLoughlin and Don Niccolo D'Ardia Caracciolo medal from the Royal Hibernian Academy
 * 1993 RDS Taylor Art Award winner.
 * 1999 Florence Biennale winner.
 * 2005 BP Portrait award Fourth prize
 * 2013 Art Renewal Center StillLife winner.
 * 2014 Art Renewal Center StillLife winner.