Tony Foster Journey 9 | 1998–99 | 22 artworks
After Lewis and Clark
commissioned by The Sun Valley Center for the Arts
Painting locations: Idaho, Montana, Washington
After Lewis and Clark was created while Tony Foster traveled along the Missouri River in the United States, reading excerpts from the journals of famed explorers Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809) and William Clark (1770-1838). In 1804, the intrepid duo had been selected by the government to carry out a survey expedition of the (then unknown) western reaches of the US. Their adventure provided the impetus for a watercolor Journey depicting what wild landscapes remained along the same route, two hundred years later. Foster managed to capture the mystique of what was once the American frontier, even though much of the land is now developed. He spent three months in 1999, both in Montana and Idaho, following in Lewis’s and Clark’s footsteps. Foster’s artworks became part of an exhibition along with other artists who had explored the same theme of discovering the American West throughout time.
Painting locations
United States
Big Belt Mountains, Montana
Blackfoot River, Montana
Columbia River, Washington
Fir Island, Clearwater River, Idaho
Lemhi Pass, Idaho
Lolo Trail, Montana
Missouri River, Montana
Snake / Columbia River, Washington
Yellowstone River, Montana
Past Exhibitions
2000–01
Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Ketchum, Idaho
Boise Art Museum, Idaho
Other Past Journeys
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