This book is published in conjunction with the exhibition Exploring Time: A Painter’s Perspective, organized by The Foster Museum. Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery, Truro, England July 8–October 25, 2025 Royal Watercolour Society’s RWS Gallery, London, England November 7–December 20, 2025 Dayton Art Institute, Ohio February 11–May 26, 2026 Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma Dates to be announced Boise Art Museum, Idaho Dates to be announced The Foster Museum, Palo Alto, California and additional venues and dates to be announced Published by The Foster Museum 940 Commercial Street Palo Alto, California 94303, USA www.thefoster.org Copyright © 2025 The Foster Museum All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Except for legitimate excerpts customary in review or scholarly publications, no part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or information storage or retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher. Text and artwork by Tony Foster © 2025 Tony Foster Every reasonable attempt has been made to identify owners of copyright. Errors and omissions will be corrected in subsequent editions. Designer: Dan Saal, Wonderfull Design Art Director: Anne Baxter Editors: Anne Baxter, Eileen Howard, Kristin Poole Color management & printing: Hampton Printing (Bristol) Ltd, England All Tony Foster’s watercolours are on Bockingford paper. Archival framing was provided by Harten (Bollington, Cheshire) and Stable Arts (Cornwall). First edition 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed and bound in the United Kingdom. Library of Congress Control Number: 2025937694 ISBN 978-0-9961957-4-4 COLOPHON Typeset in Ideal Sans and Surveyor, both designed by Hoefler & Co. A custom typeface, designed by Laura Worthington, was created for Tony Foster’s handwriting. PHOTOGRAPHY CREDITS Chris Chapman: p. 25 Tony Foster: p. 19 John Frazier: p. 22 Eileen Howard: p. 8, 13 Mattias Lanas: p. 90, 94, 95, 111 Paul Mounsey: p. 11 Kurt Ohms: p. 4, 18 Peggy Propp: p. 9 James Ravilious: p. 16 Chris Retallack: p. 66 David Schendel, copyright © TFJ LLC: cover, 20, 91, 93 Unknown, p. 17 Bill Vanderbilt, p. 12 CAPTIONS Cover: Tony Foster paints a giant sequoia in Calaveras Big Trees State Park, California. Pp. 44–45: Tony Foster, Giant Sequoia · c.3000 Years Old, 2024 (detail, p. 47) Pp. 30–31: Tony Foster, Movement Along San Andreas Fault Line · Point Reyes · 310 Miles North from Tehachapi Mountains · c.23 Million Years, 2017 (detail, p. 38) Pp. 58–59: Tony Foster, Rewilding: Minions to Crow’s Nest · Copper Mines Abandoned 1914, 2023 (detail, p. 73) Pp. 80–81: Tony Foster, Sky Change · Dhuni Kolhu · Four Hours · Looking West, 2018 (detail, p. 83) Back cover: Tony Foster, Sky Change · Dhuni Kolhu · Four Hours · Looking West, 2018 (detail, pp. 82–83) This catalog is also available in digital format, which includes related videos, essays, interactive graphs, and more. Access this digital catalog and others at thefoster.org/digital-catalogs.
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