Melisa Taylor Metzger Abstract Paintings
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
Screen tbd5 (abstract grid wood painting dark Navy neutrals 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 Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
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 Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel, Canvas
Screen tondo 2022.6 (round pink black 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 Abstract Paintings
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 Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
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 Abstract Paintings
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 Abstract Paintings
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 Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Turbulence 22 (grid painting abstract wood contemporary colourful vibrant large
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 Expressionist Melisa Taylor Metzger Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint
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 Abstract Paintings
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 Abstract Paintings
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 Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Shrimp cocktail pill (minimaliste grid round painting on wood dopamine art)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Midnight teal pill" is one of the 30 small tondo paintings on wood comprising the Dopamine mosaic. This 30-piece ensemble was created between January and Ap...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Melisa Taylor Metzger Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint
Stages 1 (diagonal bronze striped grid emerald sage Forest green undercurrent)
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 and hard-edge techniq...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Melisa Taylor Metzger Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic
CSW 2024.4 (Aquatic whisper of emerald artichoke turquoise green grid painting)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Op Art Melisa Taylor Metzger Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic
CSW 2024.3 (Crimson red veiled echoes color-field grid painting on wood)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Op Art Melisa Taylor Metzger Abstract Paintings
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 Abstract Paintings
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 Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Mangata 3 (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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Op Art Melisa Taylor Metzger Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic
Screen 2023.1 (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 Abstract Paintings
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 Abstract Paintings
Materials
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 Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Screen tbd8 (very peri grid painting abstract contemporary vivid 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 Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
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 Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Screen tbd6 (abstract grid wood painting contemporary neutrals 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 Geometric Melisa Taylor Metzger Abstract Paintings
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 Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
d'Ombré 2 (grid painting abstract geometry jewel tones green 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 Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
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