Third Everest Expedition
April/May 2007
Tony returned to the Himalaya for the third time to complete the Everest section of his new exhibition. He went to Tibet and completed a 3ft x 4.5ft painting of the North Face from Rongbuk, and a small painting from North Face basecamp. He then travelled to Kharta and trekked over the Cho La Pass (because of deep snow his group was the first over the pass this season) to a vantage point above the fabled Kama Valley. There he worked on a painting of the East Face, seen briefly during a break in the blizzard conditions that beset the camp during their stay. Returning over the Cho La Pass he worked on a 3ft x 4ft painting of Makalu and Kangchungtse.
He believes he has thus become the first person to paint all three faces of Everest, and has created the largest painting of Everest done on site (6ft x 3ft), and the painting done at the highest altitude (17,800ft). If anyone has any evidence to prove or disprove this claim, he would love to hear from you.
BS 24 Everest North Face from above Rongbuk
Monastary Looking South · 16500' / 5000m · 2007
36" x 47" / 3" 46" pencil and watercolour on paper
wrapped and sealed kata / map / snow in sealed bottle
Artwork copyright © 2007 Tony Foster
BS 25 Mt Everest North Face from
Basecamp · 17700' / 5361m · 2007
12" x 16" pencil and watercolour on paper
wrapped and sealed Bhudda / pebble / map
Artwork copyright © 2007 Tony Foster
BS 26 Makalu and Kangchungtse Looking
South East from Camp 2 · 15200' / 4606m · 2007
12" x 16" pencil and watercolour on paper
wrapped and sealed Bhudda
lakewater in sealed bottle / map
Artwork copyright © 2007 Tony Foster
BS 27 The East (Kangshung) Face of Everest from
Above the Kama Valley · 15400' / 4670m · 2007
36" x 38" pencil and watercolour on paper
wrapped and sealed kata / map / pebble
Artwork copyright © 2007 Tony Foster
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