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Deer Cave is a Show Cave where tourists and scientists explore the one of world’s largest cave passages. Deer Cave is huge its main chamber is 571 feet wide and 400 feet tall! Tony Foster painted this artwork titled "Looking out From Deer Cave, Mulu - Six Days" in February 2015.

It's #WildlifeWednesday! The Mulu Caves are home to 2-3 million bats! The island of Borneo itself is home to 93 different species of bat!

Join Anna and Violet on their sixth adventureto Mulu Caves in Borneo! Laugh and learn as we follow Tony Foster to Mulu Caves to learn about ecosystems, creatures, and rock formations. Two projects, a silly song, and some learning await in this next episode! You can access every Anna and Violet Explore Beauty episode for free on our YouTube channel with the link below! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qisrnmSU0sM

#FlashbackFriday Tony Foster shows Penan tribesman, Nyapun, the British anthropology book in which Nyapun appears as a young man. Tony Foster traveled to Sarawak, Malaysia, on Borneo for his #ExploringBeauty Journey in February and March of 2015.

Join Mattias Lanas in learning how to approach painting rocks with watercolors! This demonstration covers three different rocks, and is inspired by artist-explorer Tony Foster’s painting of Deer Cave in Gungung Mulu National Park, Borneo. This video is sixth in a series of art lessons on our YouTube channel that serve as enrichment materials associated with Tony Foster's #ExploringBeauty Journey. This video is sixth in a series of art lessons on our YouTube channel that serve as enrichment materials associated with Tony Foster's #ExploringBeauty Journey. Check it out with the link below! https://www.youtube.com/watch

A #WorkinProgress in Deer Cave, Gunung Mulu National Park, Borneo. Tony Foster traveled to Borneo in February and March of 2015, painting for his #ExploringBeauty Journey. Foster worked alongside the extremely strong scent of guano while painting in Deer Cave, home to an estimated three million bats!

Tony Foster standing with his #WorkinProgress at Navajo Point at Grand Canyon National Park, 2013

#FlashbackFriday Here is Tony Foster's drawing board set up for painting on site at Navajo Point, Grand Canyon National Park, 2013. It took nearly a month to complete onsite work of Foster's largest artwork to date, "Twenty-Three Days Painting the CanyonFrom West of Navajo Point" for his #ExploringBeauty Journey.

#WorkinProgress of "Twenty-Three Days Painting the CanyonFrom West of Navajo Point" at Grand Canyon National Park Arizona. Photo by Mike Buchheit, May 23, 2013.

#FunFactFriday The Colorado River established its course through the canyon about six million years ago and likely evolved from pre-existing drainages to its current course. Geologic processes, including erosion of tributaries and slopes, and active tectonics continue to shape the canyon today. The geologic record represented in the strata is a visual timeline which is responsible for the canyon's inspirational scenery. - Grand Canyon National Park Tony Foster painted the artwork, "From West of Navajo Point Looking West" on site May 23, 2013.

#WildlifeWednesday The Grand Canyon National Park is home to 447 known species of bird, 91 species of mammals, 48 species of reptiles, and 1,443 different invertebrates - including the critically endangered California condor, North America's largest land bird with a wingspan of up to 9.5 feet!

Join Mattias Lanas in an art demonstration on creating an underdrawing for watercolor landscape painting. Learn what to look for when trying to capture a landscape on paper and set the stage for a successful watercolor painting. This demonstration lesson is inspired by artist-explorer Tony Foster’s painting of the Grand Canyon in Arizona, United States. Watch it on our YouTube channel with the link below! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N05fy9m4PDM

Rather than take artifacts from the Grand Canyon, Foster visited a local museum and was allowed to paint several specimens to include in the artwork "Twenty-Three Days Painting the CanyonFrom West of Navajo Point." 1/3

Laugh and learn with Anna and Violet as we explore the Grand Canyon in our latest episode - this month Violet teaches us how to make an accordion style nature journal! Watch all of our latest Anna and Violet episodes on our YouTube channel with the link below! https://www.youtube.com/playlist

We hiked into the canyon, spent the night lying on rocks in pouring rain without tents, and emerged the following night with a pathetic, unresolved painting. I was hooked! Since that first miserable journey, I have spent many months in the canyon, often with Bill; walked hundreds of miles of its trails; and painted many pictures. This painting is in homage to Bill Brace my friend, travelling companion, and guide Tony Foster

Great Holiday Gift Idea! "Lockdown Diary56 Days" was created during COVID-19 quarantine, during Tony Foster's daily walks from his home in Cornwall, England. Due to exceptional interest in his process and artwork, Tony Foster has created a stunning limited edition giclee print as a way to celebrate nature’s beauty and our planet’s wild places, as well as help to preserve and protect them. With this shared commitment, The Foster museum in Palo Alto and artist-explorer Tony... Foster have designated that all proceeds after printing, shipping, and handling costs will go to environmental charitiesthree of Tony’s choosing: @rainforesttrust, @world_wildlife and @cornwallwildlifetrust, and two of The Foster’s: @nrdc_org and @postlandtrust Check it out and purchase one at thefoster.org/shop!

Late Bill Brace, a legend in rock physics, was the luminary chosen by Tony Foster for his Grand Canyon painting. Brace was Chairman Emeritus of the Dept of Earth and Planetary Sciences at MIT and a traveling companion of Foster's for decades. Check back in on Saturday to see the artwork that Tony Foster painted in honor of Bill Brace.