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Melisa Taylor MetzgerRift Valley, sonde III (texture abstract painting canvas bronze Earthy organic )2014
2014
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“Rift Valley, Sonde III” is a richly textured mixed-media composition that captures the interplay between organic and abstract forms, evoking the raw beauty of nature. The earthy palette—featuring tones of bronze, ochre, muted greens, and deep umber—merges with subtle metallic highlights and soft gradients to create a luminous, dreamlike atmosphere. The bas-relief elements, crafted using studio artifacts, waste materials, and beachcombed finds such as shells, sand, and other natural fragments, ground the piece in the physicality of the natural world.
Drawing inspiration from Art Informel and the organic processes central to Earth Art, the piece suggests geological and biological transformation, as layers seem to emerge and dissolve within its surface. The tactile composition invites a visceral response, pulling the viewer into an imagined terrain where texture, light, and form converge in a timeless exploration of nature’s rhythms.
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- Creator:Melisa Taylor Metzger (1977, Canadian)
- Creation Year:2014
- Dimensions:Height: 60 in (152.4 cm)Width: 30 in (76.2 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Quebec, CA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU907115672002
Melisa Taylor Metzger
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.
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