Artist Sophie Baker was inspired by a story from the 1920s of a woman who set up home where her car broke down while she was driving through Utah. Baker emulated her by camping in the remote wild frontiers of the American state and thereby gained inspiration for this show. Each piece explores the interface between mankind and nature, an interface that bears testament to mankind’s self-centred intrusion into the order and serenity of the natural world. We see how each can accommodate the other, allowing human beings and their detritus to become a permanent and integral part of the landscape.

The majority of the work is in oil on canvas or paper. The two exceptions are Semi Permanent and Waiting Game, both in Indian ink on board. The first features a caravan with light visible from its firmly curtained windows, half hidden by a towering tree, and being relentlessly approached from the left by an energetic wave of light, which has the potential to be positive, but also to constitute an assault on any permanency. Waiting Game (pictured) features a forest scene, with the same feel as Semi Permanent, but sans caravan and, centre stage, an intrusive truck, clearly there on business. Baker creates a powerful dialogue by setting this intrusion against a background which emphasises the isolation of the spot and the vastness of nature, in which a star spangled sky appears to wrap itself around a full moon, underscored by dark distant hills, given both form and contour by masterful undulating brush strokes.

The number of pieces in the exhibition is small, and rightly so, as the power and impact of each piece — some of which are large — need space in which to make their own statements.

The exhibition is at Art Jericho, 6 King Street, and is open Wednesday to Sunday until March 13.