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Traveling mostly on foot, by raft or canoe, for over thirty years English artist Tony Foster has painted landscapes in the remotest of areas, across the world.
Rafting, hiking and rock climbing, Foster endures the rigors of the wilderness – carrying painting supplies and camping equipment -to find the perfect perch, and paints in response to what he finds. Part explorer, part artist, there is no living painter that works the way Foster does, as he routinely risks his life to find undiscovered landscapes, using his art as a platform to advocate for the conservation of wild land and to raise awareness of the dangers of climate change.
For four years, filmmaker David Schendel shadowed Foster on several of his present-day painting expeditions, culminating in an 8-day, 100-mile canoe exploration of the Green River Wilderness in Utah, USA. Painting at the Edge weaves together Foster’s life story, told through interviews and archival material, with stunning never-before seen images of the world’s wildernesses.