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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
$2,016
Styles
Abstract
Materials
Paint
Spray Paint
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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

$3,200Sale Price|20% Off

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

Plaines & Mines, d'Ombre 2025.3 horizontal (grid brown pattern wood nature)
Plaines & Mines, d'Ombre 2025.3 horizontal (grid brown pattern wood nature)

Melisa Taylor MetzgerPlaines & Mines, d'Ombre 2025.3 horizontal (grid brown pattern wood nature), 2025

$6,000

H 40 in W 60 in D 1.5 in

Plaines & Mines, d'Ombre 2025.3 horizontal (grid brown pattern wood nature)

By Melisa Taylor Metzger

Located in Quebec, Quebec

Plaines & Mines, d’Ombre 2025.3 by Melisa Taylor Metzger envelops the viewer in a delicate tension between structure and atmosphere. Diaphanous layers of cool pinks and lilac blu...

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2010s Abstract Geometric Melisa Taylor Metzger

Materials

Spray Paint, Wood Panel

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

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

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

Screen 2023.9 (grid green painting abstract wood nature organic motifs optical)
Screen 2023.9 (grid green painting abstract wood nature organic motifs optical)

Melisa Taylor MetzgerScreen 2023.9 (grid green painting abstract wood nature organic motifs optical), 2023

$4,800Sale Price|20% Off

H 40 in W 60 in D 1.5 in

Screen 2023.9 (grid green painting abstract wood nature organic motifs 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

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

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

$3,980Sale Price|20% Off

H 60 in W 40 in D 1 in

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

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 Melisa Taylor Metzger

Materials

Spray Paint, Wood Panel

Rift Valley, sonde IV (texture abstract painting canvas bronze Earthy organic )
Rift Valley, sonde IV (texture abstract painting canvas bronze Earthy organic )

Melisa Taylor MetzgerRift Valley, sonde IV (texture abstract painting canvas bronze Earthy organic ), 2014

$3,200Sale Price|20% Off

H 60 in W 30 in D 1 in

Rift Valley, sonde IV (texture abstract painting canvas bronze Earthy organic )

By Melisa Taylor Metzger

Located in Quebec, Quebec

“Rift Valley, Sonde IV” is an evocative mixed-media composition that captures the raw essence of nature through its textured, multilayered surface. The earthy palette—browns, ochres,...

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2010s Color-Field Melisa Taylor Metzger

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic

Cornflower blue mångata (grid painting minimal wood hard-edge dopamine vibrant)
Cornflower blue mångata (grid painting minimal wood hard-edge dopamine vibrant)

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

$560Sale Price|20% Off

H 16 in W 12 in D 1 in

Cornflower blue mångata (grid painting minimal wood hard-edge dopamine vibrant)

By Melisa Taylor Metzger

Located in Quebec, Quebec

Part of the Mångata series, "Cornflower Blue" 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

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

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Melisa Taylor Metzger Sale Prices

Sold DateSold PriceCategoryMediumCreation Year
2026$4,500Abstract Paintings, Mixed MediaSpray Paint, Wood Panel2025
2026$4,080Mixed Media, Abstract PaintingsSpray Paint, Wood Panel2024
2026$480Abstract Paintings, Mixed MediaSpray Paint2024
2026$510Mixed Media, Abstract PaintingsSpray Paint2024
2026$510Mixed Media, Abstract PaintingsSpray Paint2024
$2,016
Average sold price of items in the past 12 months
$480-$4,500
Sold price range of items in the past 12 months

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