Paintings of our past

Jessica Brilli body of work was inspired by 35mm Kodachrome slides and generations-old photographs that were gathered from locations across the United States. Her experience of painting and sharing these photos, she found that there is something inherent in them that speaks to many Americans, whether it be a photo taken at a pool party in 1965 or of someone’s mother standing in front of the family car—we insert our own lives into these scenes from the past.