The title of this painting is "April Showers" and it holds a special and personal meaning to me because it was inspired by my father Peter Lanino. This painting consists of nine 12" x 12" canvases and together it makes a large unified piece. If April Showers Should come your way They bring the flowers That bloom in May #aprilshowers #natureart #postimpressionist #spring #hope #landscape

As I worked in my Los Angeles studio over the Summer of 2020, I felt grateful to have the opportunity to paint and to be around art as it gives me a sense of calm. An inspiration I think of is Claude Monet. Monet has always been one of my favorite artists. When I worked in Visitor's services at the MOMA in New York (my first job after college at Pratt) I loved to view the waterlilies panels which filled a small gallery room entirely by themselves. I went there every morning w