Melisa Taylor Metzger Art

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

At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites 16 (vertical) is a richly textured mixed-media painting by Melisa Taylor Metzger, part of her decade-long series At Sea Between Fossils and Sate...

"At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites II2" is a textured mixed-media painting that explores the connection between the ancient and the celestial. Created with acrylic, latex, copper...

The series "CSW" explores the marriage of chance-derived gestures with exacting grid geometry. Built upon a multilayered convergence of airbrush painting and hard-edge techniques on...

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...

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...

"At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites I1" is a textured mixed-media painting that explores the connection between the ancient and the celestial. Created with acrylic, latex, copper ...

"Fuchsia pink 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 artist usi...

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

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

HUBLOT CARIBBEAN BLUE is a small-scale, mixed-media assemblage on wood that captures the raw materiality and ephemeral beauty of the natural world. Created following a trip to the C...

HUBLOT NACRE is a small-scale, mixed-media assemblage on wood that captures the raw materiality and ephemeral beauty of the natural world. Created following a trip to the Caribbean, ...

"Cascadia 5" explores the assimilation of aerosol painting, pyrography and sanding techniques on wood. The artist engages her work with notions of repetition, mark-making and blur de...

Melisa Taylor Metzger’s MH I is a striking large-scale optical spray painting on wood, created through pyrography, airbrushed paint, stencils, and a removed tape grid. The piece vibr...

"At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites II2" is a textured mixed-media painting that explores the connection between the ancient and the celestial. Created with acrylic, latex, copper...

Melisa Taylor Metzger’s The Seismology of Cantilevered Hearts 5 transforms a circular wood panel into an ethereal, pastel composition that explores the sublime. This piece features a...

“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 pa...

The series "Stages" explores the marriage of chance-embrassing gestures with exacting grid geometry. Built upon a multilayered convergence of airbrush painting and hard-edge techniq...

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

"Great white Shark grey 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 ...

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...

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...

The series "Stages" explores the marriage of chance-embrassing gestures with exacting grid geometry. Built upon a multilayered convergence of airbrush painting, pyrography and hard-...

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...

The series "Stages" explores the marriage of chance-embrassing gestures with exacting grid geometry. Built upon a multilayered convergence of airbrush painting and hard-edge techniq...

The series "CSW" explores the marriage of chance-derived gestures with exacting grid geometry. Built upon a multilayered convergence of airbrush painting and hard-edge techniques on...

"Aqua blue 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 ...

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...

"Poppy red 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 2...

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...

The series "CSW" explores the marriage of chance-derived gestures with exacting grid geometry. Built upon a multilayered convergence of airbrush painting and hard-edge techniques on...

The series "CSW" explores the marriage of chance-derived gestures with exacting grid geometry. Built upon a multilayered convergence of airbrush painting and hard-edge techniques on...

The series "Mångatas" explores the marriage of chance-derived gestures with exacting grid geometry. Built upon a multilayered convergence of aerosol painting and hard-edge technique...

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...

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...

The series "Mångatas" explores the marriage of chance-derived gestures with exacting grid geometry. Built upon a multilayered convergence of aerosol painting and hard-edge technique...

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...

The series "Frost and Decimals" explores the marriage of color Fields with exacting geometry. Built upon a multilayered convergence of aerosol painting and hard-edge techniques on wo...

The series "Mångatas" explores the marriage of chance-derived gestures with exacting grid geometry. Built upon a multilayered convergence of aerosol painting and hard-edge technique...

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...

"At Sea between Fossils and Satellites 9" is a textural and elemental abstract painting on canvas. It explores the hybridization of chance-derived color-fields with art deco aestheti...

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...

"in City and in Forest 12" explores the assimilation of aerosol painting, pyrography and sanding techniques on wood. The artist engages her work with notions of repetition, graffiti and blur derived from the pictorial works of artists Jack Whitten...

"in City and in Forest 29" explores the assimilation of aerosol painting, pyrography and sanding techniques on wood. The artist engages her work with notions of repetition, graffiti and blur derived from the pictorial works of artists Jack Whitten...

"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...

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...

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...

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...

"Cascadia 6" explores the assimilation of aerosol painting, pyrography and sanding techniques on wood. The artist engages her work with notions of repetition, mark-making and blur de...

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...

Vestiges spectrales IV continues Melisa Taylor Metzger’s exploration of oceanic memory and material transformation through mixed media and impasto. This smaller-scale work, rich in t...

Vestiges spectrales III is a mixed-media painting on canvas that continues Melisa Taylor Metzger’s exploration of the spectral and oceanic sublime. Though more intimate in scale, it ...

"Light Coral Red Pill" is a piece inspired by the Dopamine Mosaic series, Melisa Taylor Metzger’s 28-work series made during Quebec’s cold, light-starved February of 2024. This tondo...

This striking piece from Melisa Taylor Metzger’s Turbulences series exemplifies her evolving experimentation with surface, depth, and process. Pushing further into sculptural territo...

In Screen 2025.1, Melisa Taylor Metzger transforms a construction plywood panel into a vibrant, multichromatic composition that merges traditional craft with contemporary abstraction...

Plaines & Mines, d’Ombre 2025.1 is a vibrant and intricate painting on wood created through the use of stencils, airbrushing, and pyrography. A hand-painted grid in vivid tones of el...

“Rift Valley, Sonde III” is a richly textured mixed-media composition that captures the interplay between natural and abstract forms, evoking the raw beauty of nature while offering ...

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

Part of the Mångata series, "Celestial Teal" is an intimate, minimalist painting meticulously handcrafted on wood using diverse, layered techniques. This artwork combines the raw mar...

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...