74 1982 Travels without a Donkey in the Cévennes retraces the steps of Robert Louis Stevenson on his travels through the French Pyrenees as documented in his book Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes (1879). 1984 Thoreau’s Country: Walks and Canoe Journeys in New England follows Foster along the path of one of his “philosophical heroes,” Henry David Thoreau, in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine. 1986–87 John Muir’s High Sierra documents Foster’s journey along the entire length of the John Muir Trail. The exhibition helped to rekindle interest in John Muir and became instrumental in the formation of the John Muir Trust in Scotland. 1988–89 Exploring the Grand Canyon chronicles Foster’s travels through the Grand Canyon as he hiked most of its four hundred miles of trails to paint its magnificent views and complex geology. 1990–94 Arid Lands: Watercolour Diaries of Journeys across Deserts high- lights the often unappreciated beauty of the deserts of California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, and Mexico. 1991–93 Rainforest Diaries: Watercolours from Costa Rica explores the lush wilderness of untouched lowland and mountain cloud forests. The journey challenged Foster with mud, rain, insects, and the intricacies of painting green on green. 1993–94 Wilderness Journeys: Watercolour Diaries of the Idaho Rockies explores the distinctive characteristics of each of the parallel ranges that make up the Rocky Mountains in Idaho. 1996–97 Ice and Fire: Watercolour Diaries of Volcano Journeys showcases Foster’s travels to Montserrat, Hawaii, the Andes, the Cascades, and California, as he paints active volcanoes and icy mountains. 1998–99 After Lewis and Clark: Explorer Artists and the American West examines a changing landscape as Foster retraces the foot- steps of Lewis and Clark in Montana, Idaho, and Washington, seeking to paint wild places along the route. 1998–2002 WaterMarks: Watercolour Diaries from Swamps to Icebergs explores water in all its forms, including Arctic icebergs, Yellowstone geysers, the swamps of Georgia, the Plátano and Colorado Rivers, and the waterfalls of Guyana. 2002 The Whole Salmon features a painting for each of the 27 days of Foster’s 415-mile rafting trip down Idaho’s beautiful Salmon River, from its source to its confluence. 2004–7 Searching for a Bigger Subject: Watercolour Diaries from Everest and the Grand Canyon looks at two of the world’s most awe-in- spiring natural wonders: Mount Everest and the Grand Canyon. Foster drew on all his mental and physical resources as well as his artistic skill to document these iconic landmarks. He endured great adversity to become the only person ever to paint all three sides of Everest. 2006 Rocky Days documents a series of short hiking trips in the Idaho Rockies, capturing the region’s abundant natural beauty. 2009 Secret Sites is Foster’s highly personal tribute to the friendships that sustain him on his journeys. Each of the ten works features a favorite secret site of his Idaho supporters. Maps of the loca- tions remain sealed inside the frames. 2010–12 Sacred Places: Watercolour Diaries from the American Southwest documents Foster’s research and travel to the Four Corners region of the American Southwest as he painted landscapes deemed sacred by Native Americans, Catholics, New Age practitioners, and Mormons. 2007–16 Exploring Beauty: Watercolour Diaries from the Wild celebrates the wild beauty of nature. Over the course of nearly a decade, Foster invited leading scientists, explorers, writers, environ- mentalists, and mountaineers to nominate a beautiful wild place. These sites inspired the resulting paintings. TONY FOSTER’S WILDERNESS JOURNEYS, 1982–2016
