Roxanna Melendez Art
ROXANNA MELENDEZ (PUERTO RICO, B. 1954)
Roxanna Melendez is a visual artist, who often uses Caribbean themes in her paintings. Born in Puerto Rico, she graduated with a master of social work degree from Columbia University and studied art at Hunter College and the Art Students League of New York. Melendez has exhibited in Long Island, New York City, Woodstock, and the Capital District. Her bold paintings depict real-life events within a personal symbolism. Melendez explores her cultural roots and her life in New York City through paintings with strong figurative and narrative elements.
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Portrait on Canvas -- Sebastiana
By Roxanna Melendez
Located in Troy, NY
This portrait, most likely of the artist, depicts a woman riddled with arrows. It is based on the martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, who was treated this way due to his Christianity, but ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Roxanna Melendez Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Canvas
Oil and Mixed Media Portrait -- Love Sick
By Roxanna Melendez
Located in Troy, NY
Category
1990s Realist Roxanna Melendez Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Figurative Painting on Canvas -- Hexed
By Roxanna Melendez
Located in Troy, NY
Category
2010s Realist Roxanna Melendez Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Oil on Linen Portrait -- Subway Rider
By Roxanna Melendez
Located in Troy, NY
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Roxanna Melendez Art
Materials
Linen, Oil
Oil Painting with Latino Theme -- La Vidente y Vendedora de Cigarros
By Roxanna Melendez
Located in Troy, NY
Category
2010s Contemporary Roxanna Melendez Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Oil on canvas Painting -- Le Chat Plus Grande
By Roxanna Melendez
Located in Troy, NY
Category
2010s Contemporary Roxanna Melendez Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mixed Media Painting -- Wishful Dream
By Roxanna Melendez
Located in Troy, NY
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Roxanna Melendez Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
De la Tala al Retorno/ From Demolished to Rebirth
By Roxanna Melendez
Located in Troy, NY
This mixed media painting deals in symbolic terms with the aftereffects of hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. On the red, white, and blue flag of the Island, the name Humacao appears, w...
Category
2010s Contemporary Roxanna Melendez Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Flamenco Gringa
By Roxanna Melendez
Located in Troy, NY
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Roxanna Melendez Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Mixed Media Portrait on Canvas -- Huracana
By Roxanna Melendez
Located in Troy, NY
This mixed media portrait shows a Caribbean woman bearing red on her face and surrounded by images of daily rural life. There is a maroon rooster, a turquoise shack, and green palm f...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Roxanna Melendez Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Canvas
Yo Soy Borinquen --Albizu Campos
By Roxanna Melendez
Located in Troy, NY
Category
2010s Contemporary Roxanna Melendez Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Minimoscas
By Roxanna Melendez
Located in Troy, NY
In the forefront of the painting stands the flyweight boxer with red gloves and a fit, but thin body. In the background, another boxer is sitting on the yellow floor of the boxing ri...
Category
2010s Contemporary Roxanna Melendez Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Mixed Media on Canvas Painting -- La Política Desnuda y la Mujer se Levanta
By Roxanna Melendez
Located in Troy, NY
Category
2010s Contemporary Roxanna Melendez Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Oil Painting on Canvas -- The "Three" of Life
By Roxanna Melendez
Located in Troy, NY
Category
1990s Realist Roxanna Melendez Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Puerto Rico Se Me Escapa
By Roxanna Melendez
Located in Troy, NY
Category
2010s Contemporary Roxanna Melendez Art
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Acrylic painting -- Pico de Gallo
By Roxanna Melendez
Located in Troy, NY
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Symbolist Roxanna Melendez Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
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Previously Available Items
Las Bodas De Sigfri
By Roxanna Melendez
Located in Troy, NY
Led by a ring bearer in a light yellow dress, a wedding party moves into a church. She is followed by two bridesmaids in coral and the maid of honor in purple, all in single file. At...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Roxanna Melendez Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
H 35 in. W 23 in. D 1 in.
Boxing
By Roxanna Melendez
Located in Troy, NY
In a comic book style this Roxanna Melendez painting portrays the advancement of women into formerly male dominated roles. The pink-clad boxer punches her mortified opponent clad in ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Roxanna Melendez Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
H 36 in. W 36 in. D 2 in.
Piraguas
By Roxanna Melendez
Located in Troy, NY
This painting depicts the cart of a street vendor of snow cones ("piraguas") with a myriad of tropical juices. The cart is a riot of colors, most notably, yellows,reds, blues and pur...
Category
2010s Contemporary Roxanna Melendez Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
H 17 in. W 24 in. D 2 in.
Angelitos (Angels)
By Roxanna Melendez
Located in Troy, NY
In this painting several angels in white ascend to the heavens on a light blue background. This piece has collaged a few objects, including hearts on the angels. Echoes of the hearts...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Roxanna Melendez Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
H 36 in. W 36 in. D 2 in.
Rumba en el Dia de Los Muertos
By Roxanna Melendez
Located in Troy, NY
Afro-Caribbean images of musicians, singers, dancers and Santeria symbols are in this painting. Blue-garbed musicians, red congo drums, and other images outlined in black float in a ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Roxanna Melendez Art
Materials
Mixed Media
H 29.5 in. W 34.5 in. D 1 in.
Bingo Moment
By Roxanna Melendez
Located in Troy, NY
A group of Bingo players, whose arms extend over a fraise-colored table top with similarly hued drinks in green glasses, hint at the leisurely passage of time. The focus is on an old...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Roxanna Melendez Art
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
H 34.5 in. W 41 in. D 1 in.
La Comadrona
By Roxanna Melendez
Located in Troy, NY
This oil on canvas impressionistic painting portrays a figure that was common years ago in Puerto Rico, where the artist hails from. The figure, as the title states, is LA COMADRONA,...
Category
2010s Impressionist Roxanna Melendez Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 24 in. W 12 in. D 1.50 in.
Boda en Nueva Orleans
By Roxanna Melendez
Located in Troy, NY
This impressionistic painting shows a bride in white, stepping out of a red car in a typical New Orleans street that features an antique store, a motel/ hotel, and hotel guests wavin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Roxanna Melendez Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
H 34.5 in. W 22 in. D 1 in.
Palmas en El Hudson
By Roxanna Melendez
Located in Troy, NY
Caribbean landscapes merge with New York City’s Upper West side to generate new Hudson River cityscapes. Prominent is a brown water tower above a building, an iconic image for the Ci...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Symbolist Roxanna Melendez Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
H 30 in. W 40 in. D 1 in.
Mujeres Unidas
By Roxanna Melendez
Located in Troy, NY
Dealing with a contemporary issue - protest marches - this mixed media painting presents a cross section of women dressed in black. A banner above them says in Spanish: "Mujeres unid...
Category
2010s Contemporary Roxanna Melendez Art
Materials
Linen, Mixed Media
H 36 in. W 38 in. D 1.5 in.