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Melisa Taylor Metzger
Rift Valley, Sonde 1 (khaki tan green organic copper coastal abstract texture)
2014

Name: Rift Valley, Sonde 1 (khaki tan green organic copper coastal abstract texture)
Brand: Melisa Taylor Metzger
Price: 3000 USD
Availability: InStock

About the Item

"Rift Valley, Sonde 1" is a textural and elemental abstract painting on canvas. It explores the hybridization of chance-derived color-fields with bas-relief aesthetics. Various techniques have been employed by the artist to obtain a vibrant and organic effect including; evaporation of solutions in the open air, fine copper powder dispersion, polymer impasto and collaging and, stenciling. The orchestration of this mixture of strategies creates a rich end result that is simultaneously fluid and structured. Allusions to the natural world can be made, from the ocean to the sky and beyond. The painting has finished white edges (can be repainted any color/hue) and can be hung vertically or horizontally. Keywords: tan, green, khaki, olive green, wine red, blue accents, organic motifs, nature, ocean, abstract, textured, blue, Impasto, gestural, color-field, dynamism, oceanic, sci-fi/futuristic, iridescent, texture, sand, shells, cosmology In Melisa Taylor’s work, the natural world acts as blueprint while ideas are sourced from historical art and contemporary culture. She pursued studies in Marine Biology before training in classical art of the Old Masters. She grew fascinated by the works of Flemish painters Vermeer and Rembrandt whose symbolic use of light influences her practice up to this day. Melisa explores the notion of the sublime through blur and precision. She develops an aesthetic of duality by hybridizing divergent approaches to art. Her studio practice is labor-intensive; various instruments and electric tools are used out-of-context to inject unpredictability in the painting gesture. She has assimilated in her practice an eclectic multilayering process combining pyrography, sanding and detailed stencil compositions on wood. Wabi-sabi -embracing chance- is a central idea in her work, equally so is meticulous control. This results in a subterranean tension that jeopardizes the ethereal appearance of her pieces; arbitrariness and mechanical execution fuse to create what she calls "systèmes faillibles" where spectral motifs seek to emerge out of obscuring lattices. Her work has been exhibited internationally and acquired in private and corporate collections across North America and abroad.

Creator:

Melisa Taylor Metzger (1977, Canadian)

Creation Year:

2014

Dimensions:

Height: 30 in (76.2 cm)Width: 60 in (152.4 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)

Medium:

Found Objects,Oil,Acrylic,Acrylic Polymer

Movement & Style:

Abstract

Period:

2010-

Condition:

Gallery Location:

Quebec, CA

Reference Number:

1stDibs: LU90717829312

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Melisa Taylor Metzger
Rift Valley, Sonde 1 (khaki tan green organic copper coastal abstract texture)
2014

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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings