“I try to paint with honesty in responding to the subject. This is the only way I know to keep my painting fresh and challenging. Painting outdoors, the aim is to convey mood and atmosphere with authenticity”… Wexford-based artist Tony Robinson was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in north-east England. Graduating with a fine art degree he moved to Ireland. Here he worked as a mural painter and signwriter and for four years, as community visual artist with Wexford Arts Centre… In 2008, Tony Robinson helped start Art in the Open Ireland’s international outdoor painting festival. Awards.: Best Painting of Chesapeake Bay at Paint Annapolis 2017…Winner of the Rembrandt Painting Award at Noordwijk Schilders Festival, Netherlands, 2014… Commendation at Noordwijk Schilders Festival, Netherlands, 2012… First Place, s’Hertogenbosch Schilders Festival, Netherlands, 2011… Emerging Artist Award, Greenacres Gallery, 2011… Solo Exhibitions.: Christine X Gallery, Sliema, Malta, 2014. Pigyard Gallery, Wexford, 2012, 2016. Gallerie Artur, Dubrovnik, 2010, 2011… Significant commissions include.: 2 Portraits of Irish Boxing Coach, Billy Walsh (Wexford Borough Council) 2012. Portraits of playwright and author Michael Lederer and his wife, Katarina. ‘St Brendan’s Voyage’ Mural, Tralee, Co. Kerry (Kerry County Council) 1984.
