Christine LAFUENTE — MORPETH CONTEMPORARY

Christine Lafuente

Lafuente’s body of work includes painterly landscapes, seascapes and still life oil paintings, generally created in one sitting. Employing a wet-on-wet paint application and known for her mastery of color and languid brushwork, her rendering is conditioned by the ephemeral. “For a brief moment, I can see a composition so clearly, but like a kaleidoscope the slightest change in light and atmosphere and everything shifts; form falls apart and coalesce again.” It is this fleeting visual phenomenon that she captures.

Lafuente, who holds certificate in painting from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, and an MFA from Brooklyn College, lives and works in Brooklyn, NY, and spends summers painting in Maine. An award-winning artist, she has received an Adolf and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Grant, been included in the Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts at the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and recently received a Medal for Achievement in Visual Arts from the Philadelphia Sketch Club. Her work, which has been exhibited widely, is part of many public and private collections.

Pretty Marsh, Venus Rising, oil on linen, 36 x 30"

Old Pier in Brooklyn, oil on linen, 12 x 24"

Acadian Seagrasses, Summer Afternoon, oil on linen, 40 x 30"

Pier and Harbor, Winter Evening, oil on linen, 10 x 10"

Fog at Dawn, Harbor View, oil on linen, 15 x 30"

Blue Hill Bay Islands, Late Afternoon, oil on linen, 16 x 16"

Sunset, Blue Hill Bay, oil on linen, 12 x 12"

Peonies, Cup, and Bottle, oil on linen, 16 x 16"

Roses, Bottles, and Pears, Winter Light, oil on linen, 8 x 16"

Daffodils, Creamer, and Dish, oil on linen, 14 x 18"

Peonies and Tea Cup, oil on linen, 12 x 12"

Zinnias, Ranunculus, and Pears, oil on linen, 16 x 20"

Bottles, Roses, and Sink, oil on linen, 12 x 16"

Peonies, Tulips, and Bowls, oil on linen, 16 x 16"

Cherry Blossoms and Sea Salt, oil on linen, 12 x 9"

Spruce and Cove, oil on linen, 8 x 8"