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Melissa Franklin Sanchez Figurative Paintings

British, b. 1984

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.

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Artist: Melissa Franklin Sanchez
"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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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Melissa Franklin Sanchez Figurative Paintings

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Brass

Iris, Daisies, Daffodils
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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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2010s Impressionist Melissa Franklin Sanchez Figurative Paintings

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Brass

"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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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Melissa Franklin Sanchez Figurative Paintings

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Brass

"Where Worlds Meet" oil painting on copper, children play on floor, imagination
By Melissa Franklin Sanchez
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Franklin-Sanchez leads the viewer into the imaginative world of the children sitting on the floor of a cozy room. An idyllic view of the Italian countryside is visible through the wi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Melissa Franklin Sanchez Figurative Paintings

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Copper

"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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Melissa Franklin Sanchez Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Panel

"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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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Melissa Franklin Sanchez Figurative Paintings

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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...
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Canvas, Oil

Speranza (Hope) Oil on Canvas Figurative Background Images Florence Framed
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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...
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2010s Realist Melissa Franklin Sanchez Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Smith Cove, Shelter Island" small scale plein air oil painting - The Hamptons
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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...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Melissa Franklin Sanchez Figurative Paintings

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"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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2010s Realist Melissa Franklin Sanchez Figurative Paintings

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Copper

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...
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2010s Realist Melissa Franklin Sanchez Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"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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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Melissa Franklin Sanchez Figurative Paintings

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Copper

"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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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Melissa Franklin Sanchez Figurative Paintings

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Copper

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Fireflies
Fireflies
H 8.25 in W 10.63 in D 1.25 in
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