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Thank you for your interest in British artist-explorer and plein air painter Tony Foster and his work. If you are a member of the press or are interested in Tony Foster or The Foster in Palo Alto, California, please contact us at (650) 209-7181, or email us at info@thefoster.org.

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Information about Tony Foster, his current and past exhibits, and his accomplishments, can be found under the “Tony Foster Journeys” menu heading on this website. The Foster YouTube channel includes interviews with Tony, examples of how he works/paints, short documentaries about the artist and his Journeys, and virtual tours of the exhibitions led by the artist-explorer.

The Foster is a LEED Silver building in Palo Alto, California, that houses a permanent collection of wilderness watercolor paintings from living British artist-explorer and plein air painter, Tony Foster. The Foster is home to two complete Tony Foster Journeys, Exploring Beauty: Watercolour Diaries from the Wild and Sacred Places: Watercolour Diaries from the American Southwest, and a retrospective gallery of paintings from past Journeys.

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Tony Foster, Denali and Wonder Lake Looking South from Ansel Adams Point, 2014. Watercolor and graphite on paper, acrylic, bone, leather, glass beads, glass tubes, oil, gold, cork, wax, wood, map. 36 x 54 in. | 3 1/2 x 10 in. Photo by Trevor Burrows Photography. Courtesy of Foster Art & Wilderness Foundation.

Tony Foster painting in Denali National Park, Alaska, August, 2014. Photo by Becky Williamson. Courtesy Foster Art & Wilderness Foundation.

(Painting is Denali and Wonder Lake Looking South from Ansel Adams Point, 2014. Inventory #2007.1.6)

Tony Foster, Looking Out from Deer Cave, Mulu—Six Days, 2015. Watercolor and graphite on paper, beads (wood, glass, plastic), filament, animal tooth, map, glass button, acrylic box. 36 1/4 x 36 1/8 in. | 3 1/2 x 26 in. Photo by Trevor Burrows Photography. Courtesy of Foster Art & Wilderness Foundation.

Tony Foster with his painting above Gokyo Ri, Mount Everest. Photo by Mike Nathan. Courtesy of Foster Art & Wilderness Foundation.

Tony Foster, Dive 106—Vilamendhoo, 2007. Watercolor and graphite on paper, crayon-pencil on plastic film. 10 x 10 in. Photo by Trevor Burrows Photography. Courtesy of Foster Art & Wilderness Foundation.

Tony Foster drawing underwater in the Maldives, 2007. Photo by Glenn Parrot. Courtesy of Foster Art & Wilderness Foundation.

Tony Foster, Twenty-Three Days Painting the Canyon—From West of Navajo Point, 2013. Watercolor and graphite on paper, map, stone arrowhead by Homer Etherton. 46 1/4 x 84 in. | 5 3/4 x 77 1/4 in. | 2 x 6 3/4 in. Photo by Trevor Burrows Photography. Courtesy of Foster Art & Wilderness Foundation.

Tony Foster painting at Navajo Point in the Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA. May 23, 2013. Photo by Mike Buchheir. Courtesy of Foster Art & Wilderness Foundation.

Tony Foster, Wistman’s Wood Looking SSW, 2013. Watercolor and graphite on paper, map, oak leaf, acrylic box. 36 x 52 7/8 in. | 5 1/4 x 29 1/2 in. | 2 1/4 x 6 1/4 in. Photo by Trevor Burrows Photography. Courtesy of Foster Art & Wilderness Foundation.

Tony Foster, Fall Colour in Great Meadow, Concord, 2012. Watercolor and graphite on paper, maple leaf, acrylic box, map. 36 x 52 3/4 in. | 3 3/8 x 47 5/8 in. Photo by Trevor Burrows Photography. Courtesy of Foster Art & Wilderness Foundation.

Tony Foster backpacking with equipment in the Grand Canyon. Courtesy of Foster Art & Wilderness Foundation.

Tony Foster painting at Kaieteur Falls, Guyana, September 2002. Photo by Mike Nathan. Courtesy of Foster Art & Wilderness Foundation.

Tony Foster painting the volcano Nevado Sajama, Bolivia. 1997. Photo by Bill Vanderbilt. Courtesy of Foster Art & Wilderness Foundation.

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