Leanna Yatcilla - "Liminal Spaces"

Two-Person Show with Brendan McKelvy.

CAP Artspace Gallery, Ithaca NY

February 2023

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Painting in separate locations, artists Brendan McKevly and Leanna Yatcilla focused on what "Liminal Spaces" meant to them and exchanged sketches of their ideas while both continuing to work in their own style, though adjusting to their partner’s compositional choices.

These resulting paintings, all oil on canvas, share eerie compositions, odd patterns, and altered colors. They range in size to create a variety of experiences for viewers. McKelvy's fuzzy appearance and textured brushstrokes allude to a dreamlike state, while Yatcilla’s sharper lines and more vivid color palettes evoke a falsified illusion of reality. Both artists’ work highlights the oddity of skewed perspectives and how it forces the mind to adjust to a new setting.