The Quiet Familiar | Kirsten Lovelock Pocket Exhibition featuring Annette Bull | 23 July - 8 August 2026

In this body of work animals and humans share the same quiet breath in dreamlike settings. Kirsten Lovelock explores the liminal space where instinct and empathy intertwine, inviting the viewer into a realm where meaning is felt before it is understood, where the creatures, human or animal carry a fragment of a dream's deeper message.

The animals, sometimes companions, sometimes symbolic echoes of inner states. The paintings carry the sensation of a dream you half-remember, tender luminous, and just beyond the reach of waking logic.

Each painting explores the relationship between humans and animals, with human presence sometimes implied rather than seen. Open to interpretation, the works invite viewers to find their own meaning within themes of dream states, connection, familiarity, and quiet reflection. Created across late 2025 and early 2026, the series captures moments that feel both intimate and otherworldly.

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Inside the Paintings: Kirsten Lovelock on the Symbolism Behind Each Work →

Annette Bull Ceramics

Alongside Kirsten's paintings, the gallery is pleased to present a curated selection of new ceramic works by Hawke's Bay artist Annette Bull. Her Cubist inspired sculptural vessels, handbuilt in clay with bold angular forms and reimagined handles and spouts create a thoughtful dialogue with Kirsten's dreamlike worlds, bringing together two artists who share a quiet sensitivity to form, observation and the familiar made strange.

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Visit the Exhibition

The Quiet Familiar | Kirsten Lovelock Pocket Exhibition featuring Annette Bull
23 July - 8 August 2026
Frame Gallery | 182 Jervois Road, Herne Bay, Auckland