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| - Today we ventured to the Phoenix Art Museum to see the Tony Foster: Searching for a Bigger Subject exhibit.
Generally speaking, I am not a fan of watercolors as they tend to have muted colors. But that is definitely not the case with Tony Foster.
His paintings were alive with color, and because his medium is watercolor, there seemed to be a sort of deference to the majesty of the Grand Canyon.
As I stood in front of his creations, I felt as if each canvas were a blog post of sorts. Besides the articulate capturing of the scene before him, Foster also includes a little story on the bottom of each painting, as well as a few artifacts, and even various colored soils, sorted in small vials, affixed to the painting.
Each painting was a story in paint, text, objects, and soil.
Tony also, in his texts, did a wonderful job bringing you into the scene as he describes encounters with rattlesnakes, tarantulas, birds pooping on his canvas, California condors peering down at him like he might be their next lunch, frigid 28 degree temperatures, passerby's bringing him cookies, sudden rainstorms threatening to ruin his paintings, and much more.
All in all, it was a wonderful escape into the mind of Tony Foster, replete with a view from his very own pupils.
We thoroughly enjoyed his work, and would recommend it highly.
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