Lafuente’s landscape paintings first evoke a sense of place, be it meadows, rocky beaches, or ocean horizon lines. She captures them, en plein air, with painterly intent and curiosity. Lafuente says: “I am drawn to subjects that I don’t fully visually understand, that are mysterious, elusive, and may only present themselves poetically. Often, I think: ‘I don’t understand what I’m seeing, but maybe I can understand what I’m seeing by painting it.’” This contemplative process is also what we see in her “still life landscapes” executed in the atmosphere of her studio, where peonies and buttercups meet peaches, cherries, and objects from the artist’s cabinet. Here, Lafuente’s brush continues to delight in the dissolving shadows and prismatic colors that captivate her outdoors.