FM Felipe Melendrez
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Felipe
Melendrez

Painter · Miami
i.

Palms

Banana leaves and travelers' palms held against fields of saturated, almost flat color. The plant is rendered carefully, the ground unapologetically pop. Eight oils, including a triptych and two installation views.

Oil on canvas · 8 works
Palms, pink silhouette against sunset
Palms (sunset, pink)Oil on canvas
Palms, red and cobalt
Palms (red, cobalt)Oil on canvas
Palms, yellow and cyan
Palms (yellow, cyan)Oil on canvas
Palms, blue and yellow
Palms (blue, yellow)Oil on canvas
Palms, orange and teal
Palms (orange, teal)Oil on canvas
Palms, close, yellow
Palms (close, yellow)Oil on canvas
Palms, framed monstera, on black wall
Palms (monstera, framed)Oil on canvas, installation view
Palms triptych, gallery installation
Palms (triptych)Oil on canvas, three panels, installation view
ii.

Insomniacs

Anonymous figures, faces hidden, drawn quietly in graphite on white paper. Bodies that pull inward, that conceal, that hold themselves together in the dark. Eight studies.

Graphite on paper · 8 works
Insomniac, i
Insomniac, iGraphite on paper
Insomniac, ii
Insomniac, iiGraphite on paper
Insomniac, iii
Insomniac, iiiGraphite on paper
Insomniac, iv
Insomniac, ivGraphite on paper
Insomniac, v
Insomniac, vGraphite on paper
Insomniac, vi
Insomniac, viGraphite on paper
Insomniac, vii
Insomniac, viiGraphite on paper
Insomniac, viii
Insomniac, viiiGraphite on paper
iii.

Swimmers

Bodies suspended in fields of pool-water turquoise. Cropped, weightless, half-submerged. Where the Palms paintings push outward into color, the Swimmers float quietly within it. Seven oils.

Oil on canvas · 7 works
Swimmer, snorkel
Swimmer (snorkel)Oil on canvas
Swimmer, white shorts
Swimmer (white)Oil on canvas
Swimmer, suspended
Swimmer (suspended)Oil on canvas
Swimmer, surface
Swimmer (surface)Oil on canvas
Swimmer, descending
Swimmer (descending)Oil on canvas
Swimmer, in motion
Swimmer (in motion)Oil on canvas
Swimmer, panorama
Swimmer (panorama)Oil on canvas
About

Felipe Melendrez is a Mexican graphic artist living and working in Miami.

He received his BFA in Fine Art from Florida International University in 2013. His practice ranges from painting and drawing to graphic design and illustration.

His work has been displayed in galleries and museums across South Florida and aboard Oceania Cruises vessels worldwide.

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Available works, commissions, and exhibition prints by inquiry.

Write to Felipe @felipe_melendrez