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Roxanna Melendez Figurative Paintings

Puerto Rican, 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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Artist: Roxanna Melendez
Painted Textile -- Angels From Puerto Rico (After Caravaggio)
By Roxanna Melendez
Located in Troy, NY
This acrylic painting on textile is a dramatic piece that calls immediate attention because of its content and scale. The painting shows several distinctive figures playing a variety...
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2010s Contemporary Roxanna Melendez Figurative Paintings

Materials

Textile, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Oil Painting on Canvas -- The "Three" of Life
By Roxanna Melendez
Located in Troy, NY
In this oil painting on canvas, three generations of Latina women stand in front of a maroon tree-trunk with a pre-adolescent girl between the mother and grandmother. The grandmother...
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1990s Realist Roxanna Melendez Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mixed Media Painting -- Wishful Dream
By Roxanna Melendez
Located in Troy, NY
This mixed media painting shows the aspirations of a young woman who sees endless possibilities on the horizon. Depicted on a blue sky in the center is a fashionable young woman with sun glasses, a red bra, and purple hair. To her right is the outline of a younger girl playing a brown flute. On the other side is a doll in orange who appears to be carrying a girl painted in green. In the forefront, a bicycle and a motor bike...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Roxanna Melendez Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Oil Painting with Latino Theme -- La Vidente y Vendedora de Cigarros
By Roxanna Melendez
Located in Troy, NY
This oil painting shows a figure of a woman most often associated with Cuban folk life. The title of the painting may be translated as the "The Seer and Seller of Cigars," indicating...
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2010s Contemporary Roxanna Melendez Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Oil on canvas Painting -- Le Chat Plus Grande
By Roxanna Melendez
Located in Troy, NY
Although this painting of oil on canvas is named after the "Cat" (le Chat), the painting mainly depicts a woman sweeping with a broom. The cat, a popular tabby painted in great detai...
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2010s Contemporary Roxanna Melendez Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Mayor of San Juan, P.R., Portrait -- Doña Felisa
By Roxanna Melendez
Located in Troy, NY
This is a portrait of Felisa Rincón de Gautier (Doña Fela) whose terms in office as Mayor of San Juan lasted from 1947-1969. The painting captures Doña Fela's iconic gestures: her ever present fans, in this case white with red floral embellishments, her Spanish coif, and a mahogany wicker chair. In the painting Dona Fela wears a violet dress...
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2010s Contemporary Roxanna Melendez Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

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Figurative Painting on Canvas -- Hexed
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La Comadrona
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Boxing
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Mujeres Unidas
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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...
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Bingo Moment
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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...
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Rumba en el Dia de Los Muertos
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Afro-Caribbean images of musicians, singers, dancers and Santeria symbols are in this painting. Blue-garbed musicians, red congo drums, and other images out...
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Boda en Nueva Orleans
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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...
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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 p...
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Roxanna Melendez figurative paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Roxanna Melendez figurative paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of figurative paintings to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of pink and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Roxanna Melendez in canvas, fabric, paint and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 21st century and contemporary and is mostly associated with the contemporary style. Not every interior allows for large Roxanna Melendez figurative paintings, so small editions measuring 12 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Subrata Das, Isabelle Scheltjens, and Rafał Bojdys. Roxanna Melendez figurative paintings prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $300 and tops out at $3,900, while the average work can sell for $1,000.

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