“It's not so much what Hester does to the surfaces of her works, so much as the subtleties and modulations thereof. The lyrical rise and fall of emotional elements within her compositions makes these the great works that they are. Hester juxtaposes and interplays unbridled freedom and raw aggression with tight rigid control, simultaneously coloring both inside and outside the lines. The ease and deftness of the transitions thereof make the images sing.”
—Kevin Mellama, Northern VA Beat 2008
