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BOOK "Painting at the Edge of the World"Tony's new book "Painting at the Edge of the World" was launched at The Royal Cornwall Museum (RCM), Truro, Cornwall, United Kingdom, on 18 March 2008. Copies began to become in the following weeks.
Standard Edition
Standard Edition: £39.95 / $75 The Standard Edition is available direct from Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro; Royal Watercolour Society, Bankside Gallery London; or by post from Paul Holberton Publishing, London; University of Washington Press, Seattle. Limited Edition
Presented in a handmade slipcase. Includes a limited edition Giclee Print "From the East End of Horseshoe Mesa Looking WNW". Edition limited to 250 copies, each signed and numbered by the artist. Suitable for framing. £140 / $280 The Limited Edition is only available in conjunction with the exhibition "Searching for a Bigger Subject" or direct from the artist. Collectors Edition
Presented in an elegant hand-made clamshell box. Includes an original Tony Foster watercolour from a choice of five subjects - desert,rainforest,mountain,canyon or volcano. Suitable for framing. This is a rare chance to acquire a fine small original artwork from the artist. The image size will vary. Paper size 12"x11" £1350 / $2750 The Collectors Edition is only available in conjunction with the exhibition "Searching for a Bigger Subject" or direct from the artist. AvailabilityBook Available from late March 2008 direct from: Royal Cornwall Museum, ... and by post from: University of Washington Press, PO Box 50096, Seattle, WA 98145-5096 Paul Holberton Publishing, 89 Borough High Street, London, SE1 1NL
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Breaking News
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International Launch
Tony Foster's New Exhibition
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Book launch and exhibition celebration
Tuesday 18th March 6.30 - 8.30
Tim Smit, Director of the Eden project, will formally launch "Painting at the Edge of the World - the Watercolours of Tony Foster" a major book published by University of Washington Press, and the exhibition at 7.15 pm. Join us for a glass of wine.
Free lunchtime gallery "walk and talk"
Thursday 28th February 1 - 2pm
Places limited. Pre-booking advisable
Illustrated lecture - Painting Everest (two dates):
Thursday 13th March 6.30pm
An evening in support of the RCM and Cornwall Wildlife Trust
Tickets £5.00 - wine included.
Please book with the museum
Wednesday 23rd April 7.00pm
Organised by the Royal Geographical Society - Admission £3
For tickets phone Guy English 01326 379029
Breaking News
Exhibition
Truro
2 Feb
till
26 Apr
Current Focus
Searching for a Bigger Subject
Tony Foster's 2008 exhibition will concentrate on two of the world’s most powerful and iconic subjects - Mt. Everest and The Grand Canyon. Tony will also be giving several related slide lectures during 2008.
Exhibition
"Searching for a Bigger Subject - Paintings from Everest and the Grand Canyon"
This exhibition, the result of three journeys to paint Everest, and three to the Grand Canyon, will be shown at:
Royal Cornwall Museum,
River Street, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 2SJ
Tel: 01872 272205
www.royalcornwallmuseum.org.uk
2 February - 26 April 2008
Royal Watercolour Society - Bankside Gallery,
Bankside, 48 Hopton St, London, SE1 9JH
Tel: 020 7988 7521
www.banksidegallery.com
2 July - 20 July 2008
Abigail Von Schlegell,
Gerald Peters Gallery,
1011 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe, NM 87501
Tel: (505) 954-5700
www.gpgallery.com
13 September - 15 November 2008
Gerald Peters Gallery,
2913 Fairmount, Dallas, TX 75201
Tel: (214) 969-9410
www.gpgallerydallas.com
16 January - 14 February 2009
Gerald Peters Gallery,
24 East 78th Street, New York, NY 10075
Tel: (212) 628-9760
www.gpgallery.com
17 March - 16 April 2009
Phoenix Art Museum,
1625 North Central Avenue, Phoenix AZ 85004-1685
Tel: (602) 257-1222
www.phxart.org
(TBC)
Slide Lectures
Tony will be giving several slide lectures during 2008:
Royal Cornwall Museum: Public Lecture, 28 February
Royal Cornwall Museum: for Cornwall Wildlife Trust and Friends of Royal Cornwall Museum, 13 March
Royal Cornwall Museum: for Royal Geographical Society, 23 March
Daphne Du Maurier Festival of Arts and Literature, Fowey, May (to be confirmed)
Eden Project, July (to be confirmed)
Royal Watercolour Society, London, 17 July
Current Focus
Accessions
Accessions
Phoenix Art Museum
Phoenix Art Museum have recently purchased for their permanent collection one of Tony's two major paintings of the Grand Canyon. "From Point Sublime looking ESE" measures 36" x 72" (91cm x 183cm), and must be one of the largest watercolours ever achieved on site.
From Point Sublime looking ESE 36" x 72"
(Aspen Leaf studies 4½" x 72")
Copyright © 2005 Tony Foster
The Autry National Center
Another completed painting, "Eight Days on Eagle Peak - Looking East" has been acquired by The Autry National Center for their permanent collection.
BS16 Eight Days on Eagle Peak - Looking East 2005
36" x 48" 2005 Pencil and watercolour on paper
symbolic souvenirs for the history of Yosemite
Collection :The Autry Center for Western Art
Copyright © 2005 Tony Foster
Accessions
Everest 2
DVD
available soon
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FILM "The Man Who Painted Everest"
A film, "The Man Who Painted Everest", records Tony's April/May 2006 expedition. It was filmed by HiTV in Hi Definition and broadcast in the UK on Sky ARTSWORLD four times during the August 2006 Bank Holiday weekend. It is still repeated from time-to-time - look out for it!
Filming "The Man Who Painted Everest"
at 13,400 feet (4084 M)
Photograph © Kurt Ohms 2006
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If you would like Tony to email you to let you know when the DVD is ready for distribution please ...register your interest
Everest 2
DVD
available soon
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