The Morning After
Lyra Rogers
There is something strange after a good night in someone else's bed. You wake up thirsty, slightly embarrassed, and trying to work out how you'll get home and where half your things are.
Your phone is somewhere under the bed, and your alarm wouldn't stop ringing, and the glare from the sun is making your headache ten times worse. Last night comes back slowly and usually in the wrong order.
What the night leaves behind
Acrylic on Canvas 300 × 400 mm 2026
The morning makes things look a little worse than they felt the night before: clothes on the floor, wine glasses by the bed, the ashtray in the corner. The room still smells like smoke, perfume and sex. All that's left is the mess, a headache and the faint embarrassment of remembering last night.
After Last Night
The curtain stayed openand warmth came inOutside, the city had begun and for just a bit,I let the day happen without me
Clara Bennet
The Debrief
Acrylic on Canvas 300 × 400 mm 2026
Who said what, who disappeared, who went home with whom.
The embarrassing parts become funny and not quite as serious once you've told a friend.
One more cigarette
Artist Choice
An open point in the original brief,Interpreted freely by the Artist Lyra Rogers.
By this point, everyone knows everything. We’ve laughed about it, judged each other, promised never to do it again and already made plans for next weekend.
I’m still wearing yesterday’s clothes, and I could really do with a shower now that the hangover is finally starting to lift.