Summer Haiku is an inspired title for the show running at Art Jericho, in King Street. A reference to the natural world is expected in the Japanese form of poetry known as haiku, and the work of both artists exhibiting is informed by the natural world.

It is almost as if Chloe Fremantle has looked under a microscope at seeds, pods, leaves and living organisms and repeated the patterns of nature on her canvases. Here, too, are the tracks of animals, but hers is not representational art. Her work could be a good way of introducing children to abstract art by challenging them to find the variety of natural references in her paintings.

As well as the shapes, there is the light on water, clouds and suggestions of both urban and rural landscape. This artist has exhibited in Italy, the USA, Bonn and Hong Kong, as well as Edinburgh and London. Most of her paintings in Summer Haiku are acrylic on canvas with titles like Cells, Honeysuckle and, as illustrated, Land Tracks — abstract but accessible.

Like the form of poetry, nature in her 25 attractive works of art is subject to her imagination, her sense of colour and play, not with words but with patterns.

The Japanese artist Taeko Makino is a mysterious phenomenon. All that she tells us about herself is that “I live and work in Tokyo”. Each year she submits a single image in The Society of Wood Engravers’ Annual Exhibition. Since Art Jericho will host them this autumn, you can see examples of her work in this show. Her exquisite wood engravings are printed on gold or silver and are so intricate they look almost impossible to make.

This show is presented jointly with Jenny Blyth Fine Art and runs until August 21.