The Great Atlantic Map Works Gallery

In terms of south-western and, indeed British contemporary art, Tony Foster may be described as a well kept secret. In North America, however, he is a big player, represented by galleries in San Francisco, Sante Fe, New York, Los Angeles, Sun Valley and other major American cities. His paintings are eagerly collected by private individuals as well as public museums and galleries. Denver Art Museum alone, for example, has 16 of his paintings.

His ‘Watermarks’ collection of works from “Swamps to Icebergs” toured America and he has had a highly successful summer 2003 show in Sun Valley, Idaho.

More recently, "Searching for a Bigger Subject" presents paintings made on the rims of the Grand Canyon and at one of the Everest Base Camps in the high Himalayas. These paintings were premiered at the Royal Cornwall Museum in Truro before moving the Royal Watercolour Society in London and are now touring America.

Tony is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society as befits an artist whose subjects are the world’s wilderness areas, including tropical rain forests, volcanoes, arid lands, canyon lands, wetlands and glaciers. He usually presents his work in major, structured, project-based exhibitions so to be able to show some examples of his work here is a privilege.