Lights are on but no one's home

Joe O'Brien

Lights are on but no one's home

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Title: Lights are on but no one's home
Year: 2025
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Measures: 40 x 60 cm
Signed: Yes
Framed: No

"Lights are on but no one's home" presents a cluttered living room bathed in warm, inviting light. The space radiates familiarity and comfort while simultaneously embodying profound emptiness. This work examines the threshold between presence and absence, revealing how domestic environments retain the imprint of their inhabitants long after departure. The piece suggests that spaces themselves become repositories of memory, holding traces of human experience that transcend physical occupation and speak to the emotional boundaries we navigate in our daily lives.