Michaela Yearwood-Dan wants you to get close to her paintings—maybe closer than you think is allowed. Lean in if you have to. Take in the thickness of her layered strokes, the full spectrum of her pigments; her abstracted botanical motifs and fluid forms in peachy flesh tones and pops of blue, verdant greens, consuming blacks. Decipher the scrawls of cursive text. And if you’re a kid with clean hands, she may even invite you to touch it while her gallerist’s back is turned.⁠ •⁠ Read more about Artsy Vanguard '22 honoree Michaela Yearwood-Dan (@artistandgal) in Artsy Editorial from Allyssia Alleyne (@allyssiaalleyne) through the link in our bio.⁠ •⁠ #MichaelaYearwoodDan, No other way, 2021. Courtesy the artist and Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York and Aspen, and Tiwani Contemporary, London. © Michaela Yearwood-Dan⁠ #MichaelaYearwoodDan, Suadade, 2021⁠ #MichaelaYearwoodDan, Don't Forget It, 2021