Elisa M Lafuente

Elisa Lafuente’s paintings merge the outside with what is felt inside, mixing external images with her feelings, dreams and memories.

Most recently her paintings are inspired by the landscapes of Northern England and Scotland, although the influence of her Mediterranean colours is still visible in her palette.

Elisa likes to spend her time in the landscapes she is painting, opening her senses to the environment, absorbing the changes in light, atmosphere, temperature and smell. This whole experience is then mixed with her feelings, memories and dreams, creating the process of a new painting, without the fixed idea of where it will go. In a way it is a process of curiosity and discovery that began outside, merges with the inside and grows on the canvas.

​To paint is Elisa's inner need to look for balance and harmony both inside her and the picture. Her contemplative approach within nature and herself remains an important source of inspiration.