This show consists of more than 50 pieces by Oxford-based artist Keith Hill. Hill describes himself as self-taught and over the last 20 years he has devoted himself to refining and extending his quirky representations of people and animals, often placed in unlikely situations or engaged in surprising activities.

Every piece has a strong element of humour combined with a superficial naivety which is immediately engaging and which belies the under-pinning sophistication that has gone into its construction.

The majority of the work on show is of wood and three-dimensional, painted in the main in a two- dimensional idiom, creating an engaging exploration of how the two dimensions work together.

In addition, the exhibition as a whole has been cleverly put together so that it provides the opportunity for pieces to interface with each other. An illustration of this is Pensive Green Cow, flanked by two Black Cow pieces, which act as clever foils for the thoughtful ruminations of the former.

Hill has recently moved into creating cameo pieces depicting choirs, and other groups.

Spectators 1, 2 and 3, are composed of serried ranks of expectant heads and taut bodies peering eagerly from behind the formal restraint of a containing balustrade.

Guard Dog exemplifies this with his stylised rope tail and his peg-like teeth and goofy eager grin which like his bristles are made out of wood dowelling. This piece exudes a presence that is both menacing — in a cartoon like way — and endearing.

Human forms such as Totem (pictured) have a benign gentle presence and as such carry a familiarity as if one is in the company of friends, albeit it rather stylised ones. Some stand alone others are grouped such as in Scenes from Provincial Life 1 and 2. In the former three disparate characters are drawn together by the strong horizontal form of a dominant blue dog. And in the latter two somewhat unlikely combatants suggest via their tennis rackets that a match might be about to start and might well be hard fought.

The exhibition is at Art Jericho and continues until June 13. The gallery is open Tuesday to Saturday 10am to 5pm.