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Stuart Walton

Unison Colour Associate Artist

About:

Having retired from my post of Consultant Gynaecologist in 2006, I achieved my longstanding and long overdue ambition of completing an A level in Fine Art. Throughout my career I have continued to paint and draw and came upon pastels about 35 years ago, initially as a compact and easy medium to carry on holiday. However it didn’t take long to establish it as my preferred medium.

I paint landscapes and portraiture and have completed a number of commissions. The latest commissions were providing art work for the Howick Church (the resting place of Earl Grey) Kneeler Project and also a series of industrial Teesside landscapes for my former hospital. Having tried many brands of pastel, I find the Unison colour range unmistakably extensive and well suited to the North Northumberland landscapes and coast where I live. Added to this the texture of the pastels combines a softness and the right amount of ‘chalkiness’ making application easy and fluid.

Blogs by Stuart Walton

  • Sketch pads pause buttons and pastel dust by stuart walton feat

    Sketch pads, Pause Buttons & Pastel Dust

    How many times however do we see something and regret that we didn’t bring paper and pencil with us. Not all of us can be like Toulouse Lautrec who could doodle on the menu card at the Folies Bergere.

    Stuart Walton

    9th July, 2021

  • A figurative approach to abstraction by stuart walton feat

    A Figurative Approach to Abstraction

    Although I am primarily a figurative artist, I have had an admiration and fondness for Abstract art. The main problem, and I would think not uncommon amongst figurative artists, is that I have had great trouble producing a piece of Abstract Art with which I am entirely happy.

    Stuart Walton

    1st December, 2020

Colour Chart Guidance

We believe the colours in our web based colour chart are a faithful representation of our pastel range. But with any colours portrayed on the internet, there’s a whole heap of variables which mean that what you see, may not be what we see. That said, there’s some things that can be done to mitigate some of the variance.

Mobile phone and tablet screens tend to be pretty good for colour, so they’re always worth using, when viewing our colour chart.

We hate to say it, but cheaper computer displays, including laptops, can be rather hit and miss, in both colour and contrast, so they might not reveal the depth of the colour, as well as the true tone.

If you’re really keen on getting your computer up to speed on colour representation, you can use a calibration device to reach your display's fullest potential.

With all that said, if you think we’re way off the mark with any of the colours then, by all means let us know, and we’ll give it another shot.