In Xanthe Burdett's paintings, the human silhouette barely emerges from a dense web of leaves and vines. Her palette is dominated by deep greens, with delicate figuration almost swallowed by botanical growth. This layering creates a quiet tension between presence and absence, as if the body is both host and terrain for nature.

Burdett's work channels ancient myths such as Venus and Daphne, reframing them as metaphors for ecological change. Her upcoming residency exploring Daphne's transformation into a laurel tree speaks to a contemporary anxiety about climate and renewal. The paintings become spaces of refuge and imagining, where human and plant are inseparable.