LISA EDELSTEIN has worked as an actress, writer and filmmaker for most of her adult life, eventually expanding her practice to painting. It is a photo based practice, the majority of which come from the extensive images she has collected of her own extended family. Having been immersed in storytelling, images with personal narratives and caught moments are the most resonant for her. Sometimes capturing unintended truths, sometimes just a celebration of the banal, she takes what was once a discarded snapshot in a box and turns them into large, meticulously rendered paintings. Edelstein's practice is contemplative and reflective, intimate, personal and extremely rigorous. Through the lens of both the female and Jewish gaze, she draws you in, welcoming you into her family while also holding a mirror up to your own.