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American painter (born 1968)

Christine Lafuente (born 1968) is an American painter. She is best known for her still lives and landscapes, painted alla prima (in one sitting), in an energized, loose, wet-into-wet style.^[1][2][3] As a plein aire landscape painter, Lafuente's primary areas of focus are cityscapes and seascapes.^[4] She born in Poughkeepsie, New York, and now lives in Brooklyn.

Education

Lafuente holds an MFA degree from Brooklyn College, a CFA degree from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and a BA degree from Bryn Mawr College.^{[when?][citation needed]} When at Brooklyn College, she studied painting with Lennart Anderson.^{[citation needed]}

Work

Lafuente's work is characterized by an interest in color and light,^[5] and by a blurriness of edges.^[6] It has been noted that the forms in her paintings "seem to merge and dissolve together".^&#