Melisa Taylor Metzger Mixed Media
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.to
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Artist: Melisa Taylor Metzger
Mangata 20 (small scale gold grid painting abstract wood contemporary op art)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Op Art Melisa Taylor Metzger Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic
At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites 9 (blue vibrant abstract art deco texture)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"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...
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2010s Abstract Melisa Taylor Metzger Mixed Media
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic
Screen 2022.3 (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 Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Screen 2023.9 vertical (grid green painting abstract wood nature organic 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 Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
d'Ombré (grid painting abstract geometry jewel tones striped patterns art deco)
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 Contemporary Melisa Taylor Metzger Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Screen tondo 2022.7 (round pink green grid art deco painting abstract geometric)
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 Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Screen tbd11 (round indigo Sienna blue grid tondo painting abstract geometric)
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 Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Screen tbd10 (tondo round very peri pink grid deco painting abstract geometric)
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 Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Rift Valley, sonde 2 (texture copper bronze gold emerald green abstract wine red
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Rift Valley, Sonde 2" is a textural and elemental abstract painting on canvas. It explores the hybridization of chance-derived color-fields with textural topography. Various techniq...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Melisa Taylor Metzger Mixed Media
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic
Screen tbd8 (tondo round denim blue grid art deco painting abstract geometric)
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 Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel, Canvas
Screen tbd7 (gold metallic abstract grid wood painting contemporary 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 Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Screen tbd7 (abstract grid wood painting contemporary gold natural motifs)
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 Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
d'Ombré 3 (grid painting abstract geometry optical grey yellow green patterns)
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 Contemporary Melisa Taylor Metzger Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Cascadia 4 (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 Op Art Melisa Taylor Metzger Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Cascadia 1 (grid painting abstract wood round circular panel contemporary art)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Melisa Taylor Metzger’s The Seismology of Cantilevered Hearts 1 transforms a circular tondo plywood panel into a multichromatic composition that blends traditional crafting technique...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Melisa Taylor Metzger Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
tondo (round circular panel pastel neutrals wood contemporary grid painting)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
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...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Melisa Taylor Metzger Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
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...
Category
2010s Abstract Melisa Taylor Metzger Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Stages 3 ( Purple tonic, digital lavander, minimal grid, silver fine lines)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
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-...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Melisa Taylor Metzger Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic
in City and in Forest 34 (grid painting abstract wood contemporary dark red 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 Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Screen 2023.2 (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 Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Screen tbd4 (abstract grid painting indigo blue white atmospheric 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 Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Ship1 ( gold yellow Navy indigo grid deco painting abstract wood geometric)
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 Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Spray Paint, Wood Panel
d'Ombré 6 (red grid painting abstract geometry striped gestural hard-edge 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...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Melisa Taylor Metzger Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
d'Ombré 6 (red grid painting abstract geometry striped gestural hard-edge 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...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Melisa Taylor Metzger Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
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