Tony Foster Press

Throughout his long career, Tony Foster’s wilderness Journeys have been featured in a number of newspapers and magazines. Below are some of the most recent.

Tony Foster Wikipedia Page

Selected Articles

A Green River Journey: Pursuing the Perfect Vantage Point with Artist Tony Foster, Points West, Spring 2023

Going to Extremes: Expeditionary Artist Tony Foster, Fine Art Connoisseur, August 2022

Oasis of Calm: The Foster Spotlights the Journeys of Watercolorist Tony Foster, Punch Magazine, January 22, 2022

Wilderness and watercolors: Hidden museum honors one adventurer’s stunning artwork, Palo Alto Online, December 5, 2021

‘Excessive tourism can destroy a place’: artist Tony Foster on the rush to the countryside, The Guardian, September 26, 2021

The Art of Adventure, The Wall Street Journal, June 16, 2017

This Trip Needs No Ticket: Journey Through Art at the Foster, Palo Alto Pulse, October 12, 2016

The Wilderness in Watercolour: How Art Inspires Awareness in the Digital Age, Medium.com, June 22, 2016

Exploring Beauty: Watercolour Diaries from the Wild, Geographical Magazine, June 10, 2016

Wild Watercolours, Artists & Illustrators Magazine, June 2016

Two New Galleries Present Fascinating Shows, San Jose Mercury News, March 23, 2016

Wild At Art, The Art Newspaper, March 14, 2016

Watercolor Wilderness, Palo Alto Weekly, March 10, 2016

Where This Artist Goes, Danger Often Follows, The Wall Street Journal, December 18, 2008

Video Interviews

Kenneth Baker Interview Videos

Kenneth Baker, art critic for the San Francisco Chronicle, interviews Tony Foster on elements of his painting process. Click to watch highlights of the interview.

Denver Art Museum Interview Videos

Tony Foster: In Context

“Tony Foster’s wilderness diaries are born from a desire to see and know wild places.”

KRISTIN POOLE | ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, THE FOSTER

“Each painting is a warning that the majesty we treasure could soon be lost.”

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

“In years to come, his tremendous dedication to his art, as well as the exceptional quality of his work, will be celebrated by individuals moved by art, geography, geology, ecology, sustainability, and more.”

James K. Ballinger | Director Emeritus, British Art Museum

“Each work is a page in a visual diary, a richly pictorial chronicle of events and encounters along the way which constitutes both journey and destination.”

Duncan Robinson | Former Director, Yale CeNTer for British Art and fitzwilliam museum, cambridge, Uk, past chair of the henry moore foundation

“Foster’s art is a notation of the experience of seeing, not a mere inventory of appearances.”

Kenneth Baker | Art Critic for the San Francisco Chronicle (1985–2015) and Author

“Foster’s panoramas are not intended to create a powerful illusion of being in a remote place (as were, for example, the great landscapes of Frederic Church); rather he attempts to express the complexity—the fragility even—of the spirit of the place.”

Graham Beal | Former Director of the Detroit Institute of Art, Michigan

Tony Foster Press

Selected Articles

Video Interviews

Kenneth Baker Interview Videos

Denver Art Museum Interview Videos

Tony Foster: In Context

“Tony Foster’s wilderness diaries are born from a desire to see and know wild places.”

KRISTIN POOLE | ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, THE FOSTER

“Each painting is a warning that the majesty we treasure could soon be lost.”

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

“In years to come, his tremendous dedication to his art, as well as the exceptional quality of his work, will be celebrated by individuals moved by art, geography, geology, ecology, sustainability, and more.”

James K. Ballinger | Director Emeritus, British Art Museum

“Each work is a page in a visual diary, a richly pictorial chronicle of events and encounters along the way which constitutes both journey and destination.”

Duncan Robinson | Former Director, Yale CeNTer for British Art and fitzwilliam museum, cambridge, Uk, past chair of the henry moore foundation

“Foster’s art is a notation of the experience of seeing, not a mere inventory of appearances.”

Kenneth Baker | Art Critic for the San Francisco Chronicle (1985–2015) and Author

“Foster’s panoramas are not intended to create a powerful illusion of being in a remote place (as were, for example, the great landscapes of Frederic Church); rather he attempts to express the complexity—the fragility even—of the spirit of the place.”

Graham Beal | Former Director of the Detroit Institute of Art, Michigan

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