A Little of This and a Lot of That-

Traveling Dog Paintings

Like a boiling pot of spicy sauce, my artwork and life goes from a simmer to a full boil daily.  Trained with a bachelor degree in landscape architecture, I provide the bread and butter for my family by designing  and directing our construction crew of our owner operated landscape company.  Painted with bold and expressive color, all of my paintings have lots of life in the landscape.  I paint things from my imagination and subjects that make me laugh!  Maybe I was anticipating my chaotic life to come.  

My current series is called Traveling Dogs and is from Sayulita, Mexico to Lucca, Italy to Paris, France and back to my yard in Sisters.  This series began after  I did a pastel illustration of my dog Jagger, who was intently anticipating the throw of his  tennis ball.  Then my family and I went on a Christmas vacation to Mexico, and it was in Sayulita where I  painted the tough but kind Sayulita Dogs.   I made the commitment to continue the dog series.

Labs have become my favorite, since we have three: Jagger, our yellow, Tira, our chocolate, and Rubbie our black.  Our daughter Sofia's goal is to have 10 dogs and she continues to ask for a puppy on her birthdays and Christmas.

I would also like to have more dogs if time allowed

I have fun applying the paint of each dog with his /her story, by using colors and paint applications that speak about  the character of the dogs.  I hope you enjoy my dog paintings as much as I have painting them.  This is part one of my dog painting journey.   I will paint  many more stories of my best friends!

Sandy Melchiori

 Limited Edition Giclee prints are available. Call Sandy for sizes and prices. (541)419-5207