Eavesdropping

Eavesdropping, Acrylic on paper, 594 x 841 mm, 2016.
© Copyright Claire Callow 2016.

The poem below was the starting point for this painting:-

The way we go about our lives
Trying out each empty room
Like houses we might own
Eavesdropping for clues in corridors until
Standing at a gate or attic window
Seeing beauty in a flag of sky
We’re gone, leaving the doors open
All the lights burning.

Katharine Towers, b. 1961
© Copyright Katharine Towers.