Just before I had her

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Frances Earnshaw visiting an exhibition on The South Bank around 1995
Frances Earnshaw visiting an exhibition on The South Bank around 1995

Just before I had her

Before her heart was inside my body, two heartbeats in there, I had experiences of which she will never know. She isn’t very curious about me. She doesn’t ask.

The Careful Placing of Things, (detail )2010
Frances Earnshaw,The Careful Placing of Things, (detail),2010

 

Frances Earnshaw, Woman Sleeping, 2009, pastel.
Frances Earnshaw, Woman Sleeping, 2009, pastel.

About Frances Earnshaw

Frances Earnshaw graduated from the Royal College of Art in 1985 with a Master of Arts degree.

She had a solo show at Gallery 286, Earls Court, London in November 2012. She has shown work at The Freud Museum, London, The V&A Museum of Childhood, London and at the Museum of Folk and Fai…Read more

One Response to “Just before I had her”

  1. Helen Sargeant

    A life before motherhood, and a life after. Motherhood changes so much.

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