A hedge trimmed into the form of a horned goat stands in a verdant garden, where one barefoot woman sweeps the leaves and another shapes a second work of topiary. One Fly Makes No Summer, a solo exhibition of paintings by the Swedish artist Heidi Ukkonen, opens at the Kristin Hjellegjerde gallery on Friday 31 July. The show’s title is a translation of a Scandinavian saying (the equivalent of ‘one swallow doesn’t make a summer’), meaning that a small sign or one positive event does not guarantee a longer-lasting change. Ukkonen’s paintings have an underlying sense of uncertainty and restlessness that is connected to broader shifts in the natural world. These scenes feel familiar yet sit just outside of reality, infused with both collective mythology and the artist’s personal dreams and memories.

The Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery is at 36 Tanner Street SE1 3LD. More  here.