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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.
Average Sold Price
$513
Styles
Abstract
Materials
Paint
Spray Paint
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Rift Valley, sonde 8 (texture abstract canvas bronze metallic burgundy wine red)
Rift Valley, sonde 8 (texture abstract canvas bronze metallic burgundy wine red)

Melisa Taylor MetzgerRift Valley, sonde 8 (texture abstract canvas bronze metallic burgundy wine red), 2014

$4,000

H 60 in W 36 in D 1.5 in

Rift Valley, sonde 8 (texture abstract canvas bronze metallic burgundy wine red)

By Melisa Taylor Metzger

Located in Quebec, Quebec

“Rift Valley, Sonde 8” is a striking mixed-media composition that harmonizes Color-field staining, impasto-relief techniques, and gestural painting to create an immersive, multilayer...

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2010s Color-Field Melisa Taylor Metzger

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic

Rift Valley, sonde 7 (texture sand abstract canvas gold Earth rust red green)
Rift Valley, sonde 7 (texture sand abstract canvas gold Earth rust red green)

Melisa Taylor MetzgerRift Valley, sonde 7 (texture sand abstract canvas gold Earth rust red green), 2014

$4,000

H 60 in W 36 in D 1.5 in

Rift Valley, sonde 7 (texture sand abstract canvas gold Earth rust red green)

By Melisa Taylor Metzger

Located in Quebec, Quebec

“Rift Valley, Sonde 7” is a striking mixed-media composition that harmonizes Color-field staining, impasto-relief techniques, and gestural painting to create an immersive, multilayer...

Category

2010s Color-Field Melisa Taylor Metzger

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic

Banana skin yellow pill (minimaliste grid round painting on wood dopamine)
Banana skin yellow pill (minimaliste grid round painting on wood dopamine)

Melisa Taylor MetzgerBanana skin yellow pill (minimaliste grid round painting on wood dopamine), 2024

$600

H 1 in Dm 12 in

Banana skin yellow pill (minimaliste grid round painting on wood dopamine)

By Melisa Taylor Metzger

Located in Quebec, Quebec

"Banana skin yellow pill" is one of the 30 small tondo paintings on wood comprising the Dopamine mosaic. This 30-piece ensemble was created between January and April 2024 by the arti...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Melisa Taylor Metzger

Materials

Spray Paint

Screen 2023.3 (grid painting abstract wood contemporary vibrant colors optical)
Screen 2023.3 (grid painting abstract wood contemporary vibrant colors optical)

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

$4,000

H 60 in W 40 in D 1 in

Screen 2023.3 (grid painting abstract wood contemporary vibrant colors optical)

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...

Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Melisa Taylor Metzger

Materials

Spray Paint, Wood Panel

Candy apple red Mangata (grid painting minimal wood hard-edge dopamine vibrant)
Candy apple red Mangata (grid painting minimal wood hard-edge dopamine vibrant)

Melisa Taylor MetzgerCandy apple red Mangata (grid painting minimal wood hard-edge dopamine vibrant), 2025

$700

H 16 in W 12 in D 1 in

Candy apple red Mangata (grid painting minimal wood hard-edge dopamine vibrant)

By Melisa Taylor Metzger

Located in Quebec, Quebec

Part of the Mångata series, "Candy Apple Red" is an intimate, minimalist painting meticulously handcrafted on wood using diverse, layered techniques. This artwork combines the raw ma...

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21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Melisa Taylor Metzger

Materials

Spray Paint, Acrylic

At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites 15 (texture, organic, biophilic, sand)
At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites 15 (texture, organic, biophilic, sand)

Melisa Taylor MetzgerAt Sea Between Fossils and Satellites 15 (texture, organic, biophilic, sand), 2025

$5,000

H 60 in W 36 in D 1.5 in

At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites 15 (texture, organic, biophilic, sand)

By Melisa Taylor Metzger

Located in Quebec, Quebec

At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites 15 is a richly textured, mixed-media painting by Melisa Taylor Metzger from her decade-long series At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites (2015–2...

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2010s Abstract Melisa Taylor Metzger

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic

Plaines & Mines, d'Ombre 2025.2 (grid pastels painting pattern wood nature)
Plaines & Mines, d'Ombre 2025.2 (grid pastels painting pattern wood nature)

Melisa Taylor MetzgerPlaines & Mines, d'Ombre 2025.2 (grid pastels painting pattern wood nature), 2025

$6,000

H 60 in W 40 in D 1 in

Plaines & Mines, d'Ombre 2025.2 (grid pastels painting pattern wood nature)

By Melisa Taylor Metzger

Located in Quebec, Quebec

Plaines & Mines, d’Ombre 2025.2 by Melisa Taylor Metzger envelops the viewer in a delicate tension between structure and atmosphere. Diaphanous layers of cool greens and blues, lilac...

Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Melisa Taylor Metzger

Materials

Spray Paint, Wood Panel

Vestiges spectrales I (texture, organic, biophilic, sand, pastels, mix-media)
Vestiges spectrales I (texture, organic, biophilic, sand, pastels, mix-media)

Melisa Taylor MetzgerVestiges spectrales I (texture, organic, biophilic, sand, pastels, mix-media), 2025

$4,000

H 30 in W 48 in D 1.5 in

Vestiges spectrales I (texture, organic, biophilic, sand, pastels, mix-media)

By Melisa Taylor Metzger

Located in Quebec, Quebec

Vestiges spectrales I is a large-scale mixed-media painting on canvas that conjures a ghostly seascape where traces of time and matter converge. Using collage, impasto, and embedded ...

Category

2010s Abstract Melisa Taylor Metzger

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic

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Melisa Taylor Metzger Sale Prices

Sold DateSold PriceCategoryMediumCreation Year
2025$456Abstract Paintings, Mixed MediaSpray Paint2024
2025$570Abstract Paintings, Mixed MediaMixed Media, Spray Paint, Wood, Acrylic Paint2017
$513
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