Melisa Taylor Metzger

Canadian, b. 1977

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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Melisa Taylor Metzgerin City and in Forest 39 (grid stripes sepia painting abstract wood earth tones), 2020

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in City and in Forest 39 (grid stripes sepia painting abstract wood earth tones)

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Melisa Taylor MetzgerBaby blue Mångata (grid painting minimal wood hard-edge dopamine vibrant), 2025

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Baby blue Mångata (grid painting minimal wood hard-edge dopamine vibrant)

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Located in Quebec, Quebec

Part of the Mångata series, "Baby Blue" is an intimate, minimalist painting meticulously handcrafted on wood using diverse, layered techniques. This artwork combines the raw mark-mak...

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21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Melisa Taylor Metzger

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Spray Paint, Acrylic

Melisa Taylor MetzgerHRCR1 (vibrant grid painting abstract wood contemporary shapes pink blue), 2024

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H 72 in W 48 in D 0.75 in

HRCR1 (vibrant grid painting abstract wood contemporary shapes pink blue)

By Melisa Taylor Metzger

Located in Quebec, Quebec

In Melisa’s optical and pulsating compositions, the natural world acts as blue-print while she explores the notion of the sublime through blur and precision. The artist develops an a...

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2010s Abstract Melisa Taylor Metzger

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Spray Paint, Wood Panel

Melisa Taylor MetzgerScreen 2022.2 (grid painting abstract wood contemporary vivid colors optical art, 2022

$6,400Sale Price|20% Off

H 60 in W 48 in D 1.5 in

Screen 2022.2 (grid painting abstract wood contemporary vivid colors optical art

By Melisa Taylor Metzger

Located in Quebec, Quebec

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2010s Abstract Geometric Melisa Taylor Metzger

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Spray Paint, Wood Panel

Melisa Taylor MetzgerScreen tbd6 (abstract grid wood pink painting contemporary neutrals natural), 2024

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Screen tbd6 (abstract grid wood pink painting contemporary neutrals natural)

By Melisa Taylor Metzger

Located in Quebec, Quebec

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2010s Abstract Melisa Taylor Metzger

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Melisa Taylor MetzgerAt sea between fossils and satellites 7 (blue organic copper abstract texture), 2014

$4,000Sale Price|20% Off

H 30 in W 60 in D 1 in

At sea between fossils and satellites 7 (blue organic copper abstract texture)

By Melisa Taylor Metzger

Located in Quebec, Quebec

"At Sea between Fossils and Satellites 7" is a textural and elemental abstract painting on canvas. It explores the hybridization of chance-derived color-fields with art deco aestheti...

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2010s Color-Field Melisa Taylor Metzger

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Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic

Melisa Taylor MetzgerScreen 2023.3 (grid painting abstract wood contemporary vibrant colors optical), 2023

$3,200Sale Price|20% Off

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Located in Quebec, Quebec

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2026	$450	Mixed Media, Abstract Paintings	Spray Paint	2025
2026	$4,080	Mixed Media, Abstract Paintings	Spray Paint, Wood Panel	2024
2026	$4,500	Abstract Paintings, Mixed Media	Spray Paint, Wood Panel	2025
2026	$480	Abstract Paintings, Mixed Media	Spray Paint	2024
2026	$510	Mixed Media, Abstract Paintings	Spray Paint	2024
2026	$510	Mixed Media, Abstract Paintings	Spray Paint	2024

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