“Lino’s native Italy is a constant muse; the recent murrine patterns in his Florencia series symbolize the energy and exuberance of the Florentine culture. The murrine spread across the glass surfaces like thousands of petals unfurling in a field of flowers, each bloom unique in the way the colors and shapes have pulled and pooled. The open bowl forms offer an unobstructed view of the murrine from two sides, as light filters through the transparent areas and dissipates the pattern beyond the physical boundaries of the glass body.” excerpt from LINO 2018 at Schantz Galleries, Stockbridge.