I first came across Tal Walton in the pages of SouthWest Art (one of my favorite art magazines) when he was being profiled as one of the new up-and-coming painters. There was something that instatnly caught my eye and I've been a fan since. He paints in the Tonalist genre, oil on hard surfaces (panel, marble ground, etc), mostly imagined landscapes. One of his trademarks is the division of the image into three sections, which he describes as representing the past, present and future.

My paintings are very religious. They stem from my background. When it comes to the landscape, I strive not to imitate actual places, but to re-create the universal idea of landscape in time. When people look at my work, I want the simplicity to draw them in and the underlying complexity to hold them there. I want them to pause for a moment and contemplate the meaning of their own lives.

Walton is a Utah native with both a Bachelors and Masters in Fine Art from Brigham Young University

An excellent collection of his work is available here.