Melissa Franklin Sanchez is an East End resident every summer, but also a graduate and instructor at the Florence Academy of Art in Florence, Italy. Sanchez studied dance and acting in the UK before she moved to Florence. Painting on copper, which was a 17th-century innovation, has allowed her also to pursue her classical orientation, but with an updated look. In 2002, she graduated from her humanistic studies: art, music, English literature, performing arts and ballet. In 2003, she completed an intensive art foundation course at the Slade School of Art, London. She then enrolled at the Florence Academy of Art, a school dedicated to the study of realistic and figurative art. She graduated with a three-year diploma in painting and was offered a fourth year of specialization. Her work is currently represented in both Europe and the USA by InPARADISO Art Gallery in Venice, Grenning Gallery in Sag Harbor, New York and Jack Meier Gallery, Houston, Texas. She is also an artist member of the Concilio delli’Arte. Her love of Italy, its culture, beauty and tradition will continue to be an inspiration for her life and her work. Recently, Sanchez has created a series of paintings inspired by her new home in Fiesole. She sought after gem-like interiors are inspired by the likes of celebrated Danish painter Vilhelm Hammershøi, with their dramatic lighting and a deep sense of intimacy. Sanchez has made an important shift from painting on copper panels to aluminum panels to create more ambitious larger images.
“A Magic Carpet” oil painting, autumn tree leaves falling, warm tones, realist
By Melissa Franklin Sanchez
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting by Contemporary English painter, Melissa Franklin Sanchez. A whimsical depiction of fall. The bright orange leaves from the tree line the ground outside a structure. ...
Copper
At Home Oil on Canvas Figurative Background Images Interior Scene Italy
By Melissa Franklin Sanchez
Located in Houston, TX
At Home by Melissa Franklin Sanchez is an Oil on Canvas Painting. Looking closely at At Home by Mellissa F. Sanchez you will notice the background with objects. It is Melissa Fr...
Canvas, Oil
"Evening at Peconic" Realist oil painting, grassy terrain and water, small scale
By Melissa Franklin Sanchez
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Evening at Peconic" is a small scale realist oil painting of the Peconic Bay as seen from land. It depicts a grassy landscape and water in the background, with a wisp of clouds in t...
Oil, Canvas
Speranza (Hope) Oil on Canvas Figurative Background Images Florence Framed
By Melissa Franklin Sanchez
Located in Houston, TX
Speranza -Hope by Melissa Franklin Sanchez is an Oil on Canvas Painting. Looking closely at Speranza by Mellissa F. Sanchez you will notice the background with objects. The bright...
Canvas, Oil
Through the Looking Glass Oil on Canvas Ballet Two Paintings in the Painting
By Melissa Franklin Sanchez
Located in Houston, TX
Through the Looking Glass by Melissa Franklin Sanchez is an Oil on Canvas Painting. Looking closely at Through the Looking Glass you will send another painting in this painting. A...
Canvas, Oil
"An Afternoon at Long Beach" Realist oil painting, beach with sandy shore framed
By Melissa Franklin Sanchez
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"An Afternoon at Long Beach" is a small-scale oil painting of Foster's Memorial Beach, aka "long beach" in Sag Harbor, New York. It depicts the sandy shore of the beach with a single...
Oil, Panel
"Summer Over Bridgehampton" - realist landscape painting, sun setting over beach
By Melissa Franklin Sanchez
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Summer Over Bridgehampton" is an oil on brass landscape painting. The painting shows the sun setting over a mecox bay from Scott Cameron Beach in The Hamptons. Clouds swirl around t...
Brass
"Study of Orchids by the Window" Oil on Copper Painting, Signed & Framed
By Melissa Franklin Sanchez
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
“Study of Orchids by the Window” is a small oil on copper panel painting by Melissa Franklin Sanchez. A pot of orchids quietly blooms in front of a window. A beautiful mountain vist...
Copper
“September Flowers” impressionist still life, yellow flowers in vase, framed
By Melissa Franklin Sanchez
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
“September Flowers” is an oil on copper still-life painting by Melissa Franklin Sanchez. It features an intimate portrait of three yellow daisies in a green glass vase. Signed and ...
Copper
“Autumn Days” impressionist oil painting, window view still life, signed, framed
By Melissa Franklin Sanchez
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
“Autumn Days” is an oil on copper interior view of Melissa Franklin Sanchez’s painting studio. A rose in a silver vase and some plates rest on a wooden table. The double door latch w...
Copper
“A Quiet Prayer” impressionist still life of burning candle and purple flower
By Melissa Franklin Sanchez
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
“A Quiet Prayer” is an oil on copper still-life painting of a burning candle by Melissa Franklin Sanchez. A single, purple, spiderwort flower lays next to the pillar, lending its de...
Copper
“Studio in November” oil painting, window outlooking autumn landscape, bud vase
By Melissa Franklin Sanchez
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
“Studio in November” is an oil on copper interior view of Melissa Franklin Sanchez’s painting studio. Various small flowers in vases rest on a wooden table. The double door latch win...
Copper
"My Apple Tree" Oil Painting on Copper, Garden Flora, Signed, Framed 29x25 inch
By Melissa Franklin Sanchez
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
“My Apple Tree” is an oil on copper panel painting by Melissa Franklin Sanchez. It features an idyllic view of the apple tree outside her home mid-bloom in spring. Daffodils sprout i...
Copper
"Almond Blossoms" Oil Painting on Copper Panel, Signed & Framed 14.75 x 17.75in
By Melissa Franklin Sanchez
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
“Almond Blossoms” is an oil on copper panel painting by Melissa Franklin Sanchez. The blossoms are lovingly displayed in a green-glass jar, their pale pink and white flowers standing...
Copper
"Albero di Mandorla" Oil Painting, Copper, Blooming Almond Tree, Signed & Framed
By Melissa Franklin Sanchez
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
“Albero di Mandorla” is an oil painting of an almond tree by Melissa Franklin Sanchez. The early spring landscape is captured in striking color, as a a single almond tree stands in f...
Copper
$2,560Sale Price|20% Off
Daffodils Oil on Canvas Floral Italy Still-life nature
By Melissa Franklin Sanchez
Located in Houston, TX
Daffodils by Melissa Franklin Sanchez is an Oil on Canvas Painting. Looking closely at Daffodils by Mellissa F. Sanchez you will notice the background with objects. There is pot...
Canvas, Oil
$1,950Sale Price|25% Off
“Lilies” realist oil paint still life with landscape in background en plain air
By Melissa Franklin Sanchez
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Melissa Franklin Sanchez was born in 1984, in Warwickshire, England. In 2002 she graduated from her humanistic studies: Art, Music, English Literature, Performing Arts and Ballet. In...
Copper
“Self Portrait in My Garden (Fireflies)“ oil on copper, warm landscape painting
By Melissa Franklin Sanchez
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting on copper panel by contemporary painter, Melissa Franklin Sanchez (b. 1984, Warwickshire, England). A verdant yard, a blanket of green grass speckled by violet flowe...
Copper
"When Life Gives you Lemons, Paint Them" Oil painting of produce soaking in sink
By Melissa Franklin Sanchez
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An impressionistic painting of fruits and vegetables. Some are soaking in the sink while the rest sit to the side of the sink. A depiction of a bountiful summer harvest. Framed dim...
Oil
“Azulejos” oil painting on copper, realist staircase w ceramic tiles, violinist
By Melissa Franklin Sanchez
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting by Contemporary Painter Melissa Franklin Sanchez (b. 1984, Warwickshire, England). An staircase adorned with Azulejos, aka Portuguese ceramic tiles. Azulejos can be ...
Copper
Iris, Daisies, Daffodils
By Melissa Franklin Sanchez
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting by contemporary English painter, Melissa Franklin Sanchez. Oil paintings on metals (like brass, copper, etc) is an old dutch trad...
Brass
"Risveglio" interior, open window, springtime tree blossoming and butterfly
By Melissa Franklin Sanchez
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil on copper painting. Risveglio, meaning "Awakening" in Italian, is a fitting title for this representation of spring blossoming outside the artist's window in her Tuscan farmho...
Copper
"Nightfall" romantic nocturne painting of Italian Countryside, oil on brass
By Melissa Franklin Sanchez
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Nightfall" is an oil on brass painting of the Italian Countryside at night. Dark blue skies soften as our eye drifts down to the horizon, where a mountainous landscape frames the ba...
Brass
"Summer Blue" Still life of Blue Hydrangeas in a glass vase
By Melissa Franklin Sanchez
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Summer Blue" Still life of Blue Hydrangeas in a glass vase. Framed in a black wooden frame with gold inner- trim. 15 x 12.5 inches framed. Signed recto "M.Franklin Sanchez 24" on ...
Oil, Handmade Paper
"Golden" oil on brass painting - realist self portrait of the artist, framed
By Melissa Franklin Sanchez
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A self-portrait by Melissa Franklin Sanchez, emerges gracefully from the brass panel she paints upon. Frame Dimensions: 21.45 x 12.82 inches Artist Bio: Melissa Franklin Sanchez ...
Brass
"Live" oil painting on copper, small child plays w bubbles floating into window
By Melissa Franklin Sanchez
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A whimsical painting of a little girl blowing bubbles out the window into an idyllic Italian landscape. Framed in a simple white-gold leaf frame. ...
Copper
"Diospero" realist oil painting, persimmon tree in full bloom, Tuscan landscape
By Melissa Franklin Sanchez
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting on brass. Melissa Franklin Sanchez often uses her immediate surroundings in Tuscany for inspiration. This persimmon tree in her backyard is a subject she often comes ...
Brass
"Madonna del Sasso" oil painting on copper, mountain landscape under a full moon
By Melissa Franklin Sanchez
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting on copper of a full moon in the sky above a mountainous horizon. Framed dimensions: 21.5 x 25.5 Framed in an italian custom made 3-inch white gold frame.
Copper
$2,475Sale Price|25% Off
"Snow Fall from the Studio" oil painting of window view snow scene, reflection
By Melissa Franklin Sanchez
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A small oil painting. A serene depiction of a winter day as seen from inside the Artist's studio. The artist's reflection is visible in the window, blurring the lines between the coz...
Oil, Panel
$6,195Sale Price|30% Off
"Christmas Star" contemporary oil on copper painting, tuscan landscape at night
By Melissa Franklin Sanchez
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Christmas Star" is a luminous oil on copper painting of a vast horizon after sunset. A deep blue sky above, meets an orange and bright red, glowing hor...
Copper
"Summer Nights" 2020 painting of starry night over trees in Italy. Oil on copper
By Melissa Franklin Sanchez
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Summer Nights is a small painting, oil on copper, depicting a dark blue sky over a green landscape, in Fiesole, Italy. Melissa Franklin Sanchez softly merges warm tones with cool ton...
Copper