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CELEBRATED artist Angela Harding has returned to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park with a new exhibition.
Titled A Chronicle of Birds and Beasts, the show marks a decade since her last display at the park and features a collection of linocuts, screenprints, oil and acrylic paintings, and painted wooden birds.
Angela Harding, one of the UK’s most recognisable printmakers and illustrators, said: "It’s hard to believe that a decade has gone by since my last exhibition at Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
"In those ten years I have been given such great opportunities to develop my work further and I can trace the starting point for my first publications from that 2016 exhibition.
"It feels a great honour to be returning to YSP with A Chronicle of Birds and Beasts."
Based in Rutland, Ms Harding draws inspiration from the natural world, particularly the landscapes and wildlife surrounding her home.
The exhibition includes new and recent works, many of which reflect her growing awareness of environmental issues and her collaborations with conservationists and writers.
Highlights include a special tetratypch of large prints created in collaboration with Selby-based master printmaker Dan Bugg.
These works, the largest she has produced to date, took more than 18 months to complete.
She said: "These four prints have taken more the 18 months to produce and illustrate the key theme of A Chronicle of Birds and Beasts. Though they sit as a block of four they also sit separately and have a narrative within each one."
A selection of oil and acrylic paintings, book illustrations, and pieces made for The Wilding Project with Isabella Tree are also on display.
The exhibition features work from her nine-week artist residency at Fair Isle Studio in 2025.
Amanda Peach, retail programme and product development manager at YSP, said: "Angela’s return to YSP after ten years is a really special moment.
"Her work has such warmth and richness, A Chronicle of Birds and Beasts brings together the many strands of her practice in a way that feels both deeply personal and wonderfully expansive."
All works in the exhibition are available to purchase, with proceeds supporting YSP’s charitable aims.