@conorwalton.bsky.social
Figurative painter based in Ireland
'St Patrick Welcomes the Snakes'
oil on linen, 76 x 38cm, 2025
#stpatrick #ireland #irishart #painting
'St Patrick Welcomes the Snakes' #ireland #stpatrick #painting #snakes #irishart
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A portrait sketch of my recently departed studio assistant Annika who came from Argentina for three months to learn the craft of painting, working alongside me. She was a delight to get to know and share my studio with and is greatly missed here!
#portraitsketch #irishart #painting
Join me for my Studio Open Day on Saturday 6th December 12 - 6pm! Come see my latest paintings and enjoy some refreshments! All attending will be entered into a draw for one of my artworks. Hope to see you then!
#irishart #arklow #buyart
Finally got this big piece up on the wall! You can come see it at my 'Studio Open Day' next December 6th.
'Allegory of Wisdom', oil on linen, 160 x 240cm, 2023
#painting #hangingart #irishart
Applications are now open for my painting Summer School next year! If you'd like to apply please follow the link:
www.conorwalton.com/summer_schoo...
#artschool #artacademy #paintingcourse #irishart
Thanks 🙏
25.11.2025 09:48 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
My studio assistant since August Annika leaves today heading back to Argentina and we got up early this morning to complete a portrait sketch of her I started as a teaching demo months ago. We ran out of time, but it's still a momento of our time together.
#mentoring #artschool #studioassistant
A close-up of my latest life drawing. To see the whole thing, please follow the link!
www.conorwalton.com/drawing.html
#drawing #lifedrawing #irishart
My portrait of Dr. John Hegarty, Provost of Trinity College Dublin, 2001 - 2011
oil on linen, 120 x 85cm, 2011, collection of Trinity College Dublin.
#irishart #portraitpainting
'The Second Coming' framed.
#thesecondcoming #wbyeats #painting
'Flora'
oil on panel, 30 x 30cm, 2003
#flora #flowers #painting
Progress report on 'St Patrick Welcomes the Snakes'.
#arklow residents will recognise the Saint Patrick statue kindly leant by Power's on the Main Street.
#stpatrick #painting #irishart
Thanks 😊
31.10.2025 16:38 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Beginnings of a new painting: 'St Patrick Welcoming the Snakes'.
#stpatrick #painting #ireland #irishart
The Joker. Close-up of my latest painting 'The Second Coming' inspired by #Yeats' poem of the same name.
#joker #painting #irishart
23.10.2025 15:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The phrase 'fat tail' comes from statistics and describes an extreme outcome that is far more likely than predicted by traditional statistical models, such as a normal distribution or bell curve. The financial crisis of 2008 was commonly referred to as a 'fat tail event'.
#fattail
This is a little meditation on space and time and our smallness in the great scheme of things. The perspective makes the astronaut seem a little larger than the pear, while enormous dinosaurs roam the extended space-time background.
'Fat Tails' 30 x 100cm 2014
#fattail #painting #vanitas #dinosaur
Teaching #sightsize at the Royal Hibernian Academy today.
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Close-up of my current #wip 'The Second Coming'. Note baby #trump showered with exotic riches.
#irishart #thesecondcoming #theendisnear
At Geraldine O'Neill's exhibition opening at Kevin Kavanagh last night. Go see!
#irishart #geraldineoneill
'Orpheus'
oil on panel, 30 x 60cm, 2002
After Orpheus was torn apart by Maenads his lyre, body parts and head (still singing sweetly) floated out to sea, eventually washing up on the island of Lesbos.
#orpheus #greekmyth #irishart
Printing my book in China has been a bit of an ordeal but I've finally got something I'm happy with! Here are comparison photos of the two sample copies (old top, new bottom).
Book available through my website: www.conorwalton.com/shop/books.h...
#artbook #selfpublishing #irishart
I gave a painting materials workshop at the RHA School yesterday. We made paint, discussed pigments, oils, additives, brushes, palettes, health and safety and much else. Thanks to my students for keeping me on my toes and asking so many questions!
#artclass #artacademy #irishart
Here are my 18 portraits painted over 12 hours at Arklow Arts Centre for #culturenight September 19th 2025
#art #painting #irishart #arklow
The #Joker, still winning.
Close-up of my current #wip based on #yeats poem 'The Second Coming' #thesecondcoming.
#painting #irishart
Turner's studio at Petworth House
#turner #jmwturner #petworth
'Butter'
oil on linen, 24 x 30cm, 2016
#butter #irishart #kerrygold #conorwalton
