Interest in art began at the age of twelve, when he first entertained neighborhood children with his drawings and paintings.

He enrolled as Art Student at the Bellas Artes in Colombia.

Making a painting is a process, for Juan Melendez," the act or creation is a process."

The paintings of Juan Melendez is a place where realism bends itself around what is possible, the Color is provides a vehicle for emotional expression and emotional impact.

Most of his paintings begins with a Red Ground First covering the entire canvas, and then adds another layer of the brilliant colors of the landscape.