About

Rooted in the concept of capturing memories, Lisa Golightly’s paintings are a nod to the past as viewed through a contemporary eye. Golightly finds her inspiration in old photographs - sorting through the abandoned records of other people’s lives provides her with unique insight into other’s personal histories. There is a nostalgia to the imagery - and yet it is not personal to the artist. She is an impartial viewer - immortalizing in paint something someone else deemed special enough to capture on film during a time before the current moment of endless digital photographs stored unseen on …