About the Exhibit:

Reimagining: Faith, Hope, and Love features approximately 20 paintings by Los Angeles based visual artist, Deborah Lanino, made between 2020 and 2024. One could say art is in her DNA, going back to Renaissance Italy. These selected works were inspired by an ancestral, spiritual and art infused pilgrimage that reflects a contemporary view of traditional subject matter seen in Renaissance art. 

The exhibition consists of several sections, the first honors the legacy of Bernardino and his workshop, the second is inspired by faith and scripture and the third is a meditation on pilgrimage and renewal. These heartfelt paintings exude timeless and transcendent tones. Through these paintings Deborah is able to create conversations rooted in classical techniques such as chiaroscuro (light and dark contrasts), sfumato (soft, misty brushstrokes), pentimento (painting over), glazes and impasto (thin transparent layers and thickly applied paint). 

Reimagining: Faith, Hope, and Love concludes with paintings inspired by scripture, as in her canvas, “The Sower” – a growth parable also painted in themes and variations by master artists: Millet (1850’s), Vangogh (1880’s) and Lichtenstein (1980’s), who Deborah met while working at the MOMA in New York. The meditative nature of these works invite the viewer to see that we are all connected. Deborah blends together past and present, her work echoing  themes of transcendence that diffuses grief and loss, the goal of which is to thoughtfully engage, uplift and bring positivity to the viewer.