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.
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
$990Sale Price|44% Off
"Smith Cove, Shelter Island" small scale plein air oil painting - The Hamptons
By Melissa Franklin Sanchez
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
This miniature oil-on-panel painting was painted en plein-air, on an Island between the North and South Forks of Long Island. She captures the scene of a calm cove, Brown sand outlin...
Oil, Panel
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
"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...
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"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...
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"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
“Self Portrait in My Garden (Fireflies)“ oil painting, tuscan landscape sunset
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
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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...
Oil, Canvas
"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...
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“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. ...
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“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 ...
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"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 ...
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"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...
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“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...
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"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
"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
"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.
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"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
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"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...
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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...
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"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 ...
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"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
"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. ...
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Basket Of Red Cherries Still-Life Oil Painting With Gilt Frame
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
This still life painting depicts a woven basket brimming with ripe cherries, delicately arranged on a tabletop against a subdued background. The cherries are rendered with a sheen, t...
Canvas, Oil
$5,429
H 30 in W 25 in D 1 in
The Dueling Partners 1850's French Oil, Chateau Staircase Interior Beautiful oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Duel by Alcide Joseph LORENTZ (French 1813-1891) signed and dated 1857 oil painting on canvas, framed framed size: 30 x 25 inches canvas: 25 x 20.5 inches condition: very good an...
Canvas, Oil
$14,203Sale Price|20% Off
H 57.09 in W 76.38 in
Vincenzo Colleoni (Venetian Master) - 19th century painting - Interior scene
Located in Varmo, IT
Vincenzo Colleoni (Active in Venice in the second half of the 19th century) - Interior scene with masked characters. 110 x 160 cm without frame, 145 x 194 cm with frame. Antique oi...
Canvas, Oil
$2,600Sale Price|27% Off
H 30 in W 24.125 in D 1 in
Robert K. White "Late Afternoon Portrait" Contemporary Realist Oil Painting
Located in Miami, FL
ROBERT KENNETH WHITE (b. 1950) – "LATE AFTERNOON PORTRAIT" Oil on Canvas ⚜ Signed and Dated Lower Right ⚜ Frameless Display A LUMINOUS CONTEMPORARY PORTRAIT IN WHITE’S SIGNATURE REA...
Oil, Canvas
$2,000Sale Price|44% Off
H 20.125 in W 36.125 in D 0.875 in
Robert Kenneth White "Cairn Road" Signed Realist Oil, Western Desert Landscape
Located in Miami, FL
ROBERT KENNETH WHITE – "CAIRN ROAD" ⚜ Oil on Canvas ⚜ Hand Signed Lower Right ⚜ Frameless Display A QUIET TESTAMENT TO ENDURANCE AND SOLITUDE In “Cairn Road” (2012), Robert Kenneth ...
Oil, Canvas
$9,500
H 34.5 in W 30 in D 4 in
“A Mulatto Girl, 1879” Portrait Young Mixed Race Girl British 19th Century Oil
Located in Yardley, PA
“A Mulatto Girl, 1879” by Walter Scott Boyd (British, c. 1860-c. 1950) The identity of this young girl is presently unknown; however, the title of the work reveals some information ...
Canvas, Oil
$3,500Sale Price|33% Off
H 30.25 in W 39.875 in D 1.625 in
Robert K. White "Frame and Pause" Large Oil on Canvas Figurative Painting
Located in Miami, FL
ROBERT KENNETH WHITE (b. 1950) – "FRAME AND PAUSE" Oil on Canvas ⚜ Signed on Verso ⚜ Frameless Display A CONTEMPLATIVE FIGURATIVE INTERIOR STUDY "Frame and Pause" is a quietly power...
Canvas, Oil
$3,000
H 20 in W 24 in
"Winter's Song" (2023), Original Winter Landscape, Oil Painting
By Hazel Z Weckbach
Located in Denver, CO
Kevin Weckbach's (US based) "Winter's Song" is an original, hand-made oil painting that depicts a secluded snowy forest in the early morning sunlight. Artist Statement: "Subject mat...
Panel, Oil
$7,300
H 36 in W 48 in D 0.875 in
"Dancer's Dream" Large Original Oil Painting by Robert White, Frameless Display
Located in Encino, CA
“Dancer's Dream,” an original oil on canvas by Robert K. White, is a piece for the true collector. White’s careful attention to detail and vivid use of greens, browns, and whites project from the painting, immediately capturing the viewer's attention and highlighting the artist's keen ability to capture emotion and life - all in a brushstroke. White's talent for depicting light and shadow provides the foundation for him to deliver subjects and scenes to the viewer's eye. This masterful work would make a great addition to an art collection and enhance most any home, perfect for those who have an affinity for dancers, the ballet, portraits, and color-rich works of art. In the artist’s own words, “I don’t paint what is inside of me; I paint what I see outside of me. I’m an observer. If I see something and I feel an affinity for it, something just clicks in my head. I’ll make the decision right then and there to paint that particular subject during that particular moment. It’s a perfect moment. Once something has caught my eye and I’ve heard the “perfect” click, it’s like a photograph has been taken in my mind’s eye. I only have a few days of clarity with that image. I have to start the painting quickly or else it will be gone and I will lose that image forever.” Artist: ROBERT KENNETH WHITE...
Oil, Canvas
$6,400
H 26.5 in W 37.5 in
"Presence" (2024) By Stephanie Hartshorn, Original Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Stephanie Hartshorn's beautiful original impressionist oil landscape "Presence" (2024) depicts an American midwestern plains scene, focused on the skyscape above, with a farm and mou...
Oil, Wood Panel
Playing Under The Trees
By Will Howe Foote
Located in Milford, NH
A fine impressionist scene of a family playing under the trees near a stone wall by American artist Will Howe Foote (1874-1965). Foote was born and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan w...
Oil, Panel
$9,900
H 31.11 in W 26.38 in
An Old 19th Century Genre Interior Depicting An Afternoon Nap, 1877
Located in Stockholm, SE
Jakob Kulle (1838–1898) Sweden An Afternoon Nap, 1877 signed and dated oil on canvas unframed 61 × 48 cm (24 × 18.9 in) framed 79 × 67 cm (31.1 × 26.4 in) Provenance: Purchased di...
Canvas, Oil
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H 19.7 in W 23.6 in
"Persimmons" still-life oil on copper, diospyros fruit on branch, orange & white
By Melissa Franklin Sanchez
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Persimmons" is a realist still life painted with a neutral toned palette. Painted with Oil on Copper. The painting shows two branches with fruit and subtle red-orange and green leav...
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H 15.8 in W 23.6 in
"At Dusk" 2024 oil painting on brass, fireflies in Tuscan garden, sunset horizon
By Melissa Franklin Sanchez
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil on brass painting of the artist's back yard, at dusk. The distant pale yellow sky above a mountainous horizon is intersected by a tall cypress tree. Dark green hues make up th...
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H 19.7 in W 23.6 in
"Beauty Takes Time" Still life with view of Tuscan landscape through window
By Melissa Franklin Sanchez
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Beauty Takes Time" with a still life painting of the view of landscape through a window. Melissa Franklin Sanchez was born in 1984, in Warwickshire, England. In 2002 she graduated ...
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H 23.6 in W 23.6 in
"Garden Peonies" Still life of pink flowers in a white vase
By Melissa Franklin Sanchez
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Garden Peonies" is a still life painting of pink flowers in a white vase. Melissa Franklin Sanchez was born in 1984, in Warwickshire, England. In 2002 she graduated from her humani...
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H 27.5 in W 19.7 in
"Spring in the Garden" realist painting of cherry blossom blooming
By Melissa Franklin Sanchez
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Spring in the Garden" is a realist painting of cherry blossom blooming, standing w support of a wooden post. In the real world, beautiful ...
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H 9.8 in W 13.8 in
"Pink Hydrangeas" Oil painting, Still life round glass vase with pink blossoms
By Melissa Franklin Sanchez
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Pink Hydrangeas" is a still life painting of a glass vase with pink hydrangeas. Framed in a black frame with gold inner lip. (18 x 14 inches framed). Signed "M. Franklin Sanchez 2...
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Somewhere Between Summer and Spring
By Melissa Franklin Sanchez
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Franklin Sanchez's surfaces glow in this tranquil depiction of the changing seasons from inside her cozy Tuscan home.
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Her First Shoes
By Melissa Franklin Sanchez
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An expertly rendered pair of ballet slippers, from the classically trained painter, Melissa Franklin Sanchez. The dreamy background is created by Franklin Sanchez's unique choice to paint on copper...
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H 27.5 in W 37.6 in
"The Sound of Silence" Oil painting on copper, luminous interior w neutral tones
By Melissa Franklin Sanchez
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An Oil painting by Melissa Franklin Sanchez. Hammershoi’s successful influence is felt in Franklin’s “The Sound of Silence” as she paints an interior with more profundity than befo...
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H 27.5 in W 37.6 in
"Beyond Sight" oil painting on copper, children, fireflies, moon in purple sky
By Melissa Franklin Sanchez
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
In "Beyond Sight," the early evening sky is punctuated by a warm toned full moon overlooking her children crouching in a field of neutral hues. Franklin’s uncommon practice of paint...
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H 12 in W 8 in
"Pansies" oil painting on copper, flower in porcelain bowl on countertop
By Melissa Franklin Sanchez
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A still life of pansies in a white bowl on the artist's kitchen counter. Framed in a custom Italian black frame w gold leaf lip.
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H 15.95 in W 19.68 in
"Moonrise over San Domenico" contemporary realist painting, Italian Hillside
By Melissa Franklin Sanchez
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A plein air painting of a moonrise in the Tuscany region of Italy. Artist Bio: 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 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 the three-year diploma in painting and was offers a 4th year of specialization. Today, Melissa is the director of the ‘6 week intensive workshop, Drawing, painting and Art History’ for the Florence Academy of Art and has been since since 2012. Her work is represented in both Europe and the USA, by Scriba, InPARADISO Gallery, Venice, Italy, Grenning Gallery...
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