Hester Cox

Hester Cox’s prints grow from long familiarity with the landscape of the Yorkshire Dales. Years of running across the fells have shaped a close awareness of the terrain and the wildlife that inhabits it — birds lifting from the grass, the traces and small discoveries found along the way.

Working primarily in collagraph, she combines cut and scratched marks with looser painted textures, balancing close observation with a more stylised sense of pattern and form. Each print is inked and printed by hand, and the process retains an element of unpredictability that remains part of its character.
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Hester lives and works in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, with a studio overlooking Pen-y-ghent. Masham Gallery has shown her work for over thirty years, and we were the first gallery to represent her after she graduated from Harrow School of Art.

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Hester Cox — handmade collagraph and relief prints

and also...

Hester is part of the ongoing Artists’ Collections project — a small group of artists brought together by a shared interest in natural history, collecting and observation. Together they create exhibitions, books and collaborative projects exploring the quiet connections between art, objects and the natural world.
Learn more about the project →www.artistscollections.org