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Liminal Space
Liminal Space

Liminal Space

By Paula Valenzuela

Located in San Francisco, CA

Paula Valenzuela Liminal Space, 2024 Mixed media on canvas 30 x 40 inches Paula Valenzuela's signature style consists of the creation of complex layers of paint which are covered an...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

I Carry That Liminal Space, x

I Carry That Liminal Space, x

By Dawn Watson

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Hahnemule Photo Rag Ultra Smooth, 305 gsm Edition of 8 + 2 AP Visual artist Dawn Watson is a long-time resident of New York’s Hudson River Valley. After a successful career as a pro...

Category

2010s Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

I Carry That Liminal Space, xi

I Carry That Liminal Space, xi

By Dawn Watson

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Hahnemule Photo Rag Ultra Smooth, 305 gsm Edition of 8 + 2 AP Visual artist Dawn Watson is a long-time resident of New York’s Hudson River Valley. After a successful career as a pro...

Category

2010s Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

I Carry That Liminal Space, vii

I Carry That Liminal Space, vii

By Dawn Watson

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Hahnemule Photo Rag Ultra Smooth, 305 gsm Edition of 8 + 2 AP Visual artist Dawn Watson is a long-time resident of New York’s Hudson River Valley. After a successful career as a pro...

Category

2010s Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

I Carry That Liminal Space, vi

I Carry That Liminal Space, vi

By Dawn Watson

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Hahnemule Photo Rag Ultra Smooth, 305 gsm Edition of 8 + 2 AP Visual artist Dawn Watson is a long-time resident of New York’s Hudson River Valley. After a successful career as a pro...

Category

2010s Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

I Carry That Liminal Space, iiI

I Carry That Liminal Space, iiI

By Dawn Watson

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Hahnemule Photo Rag Ultra Smooth, 305 gsm Edition of 8 + 2 AP Visual artist Dawn Watson is a long-time resident of New York’s Hudson River Valley. After a successful career as a pro...

Category

2010s Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

I Carry That Liminal Space, ii

I Carry That Liminal Space, ii

By Dawn Watson

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Hahnemule Photo Rag Ultra Smooth, 305 gsm Edition of 8 + 2 AP Visual artist Dawn Watson is a long-time resident of New York’s Hudson River Valley. After a successful career as a pro...

Category

2010s Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

AfroGeisha
AfroGeisha

AfroGeisha

Located in West Hollywood, CA

In “AfroGeisha,” Lola Okunola merges African and Asian cultural traditions to create a figure inhabiting the liminal space between these interconnected worlds.

Category

2010s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Hovering, surrealist egg tempera insect and skyscape painting

Hovering, surrealist egg tempera insect and skyscape painting

By Douglas Safranek

Located in New York, NY

Douglas Safranek's Hovering captures the tension of liminal space. Bees and dragonflies appear pinned, and specimen-like, yet achieve loftiness with their wings.

Category

2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Egg Tempera, Illustration Board

Puberty
Puberty

Roxana KhonkulovaPuberty, 2024

$736Sale Price|30% Off

Puberty

By Roxana Khonkulova

Located in Zofingen, AG

“Puberty” - the subject, draped in the shadows of her own musings, seems caughtin the liminal space between revelation and concealment.

Category

2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Medial Woman at the County Fair, burlap, plaster, acrylic paint, encaustic
Medial Woman at the County Fair, burlap, plaster, acrylic paint, encaustic

Medial Woman at the County Fair, burlap, plaster, acrylic paint, encaustic

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Experimenting with burlap and plaster on wood with beads, the Medial Woman arose as a catalyst to invite the liminal space. The genre is folk art, putting communication between world...

Category

2010s Folk Art Mixed Media

Materials

Burlap, Plaster, Wood, Paint, Mixed Media, Wax, Encaustic, Acrylic, Maga...

VORTEX 015

VORTEX 015

By Jay Mikal

Located in Miami, FL

This piece explores the liminal space between chaos and order, stillness and eruption—where time feels suspended and forms dissolve into the unknown.

Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Stone

Aqui, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Aqui, Painting, Oil on Canvas

Aqui, Painting, Oil on Canvas

Located in Yardley, PA

This contemporary portrait explores the idea of the threshold as a liminal space between presence and absence. A horizontal fracture crosses the face like a horizon, merging inner la...

Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist More Art

Materials

Oil

Estuary 1
Estuary 1

Estuary 1

By Margaret Neill

Located in London, GB

They are influenced by the edge and the grid of the two dimensional picture plane and evoke the liminal space between sensation and memory. Margaret Neill is an American abstract ar...

Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Linen, Acrylic, Graphite

Chase

Chase

By Jeff Nachtigall

Located in Bozeman, MT

Formalism collides with a punk rock, folk art sensibility in his pop culture mash-ups that explore the liminal space between the natural and built environment.

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Paul

Paul

By Jeff Nachtigall

Located in Bozeman, MT

Formalism collides with a punk rock, folk art sensibility in his pop culture mash-ups that explore the liminal space between the natural and built environment.

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic

After Dark

After Dark

By Jeff Nachtigall

Located in Bozeman, MT

Formalism collides with a punk rock, folk art sensibility in his pop culture mash-ups that explore the liminal space between the natural and built environment.

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic

White Out

White Out

By Jeff Nachtigall

Located in Bozeman, MT

Formalism collides with a punk rock, folk art sensibility in his pop culture mash-ups that explore the liminal space between the natural and built environment.

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Autumn

Autumn

By Jeff Nachtigall

Located in Bozeman, MT

Formalism collides with a punk rock, folk art sensibility in his pop culture mash-ups that explore the liminal space between the natural and built environment.

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Nocturne 3

Nocturne 3

By Jeff Nachtigall

Located in Bozeman, MT

Formalism collides with a punk rock, folk art sensibility in his pop culture mash-ups that explore the liminal space between the natural and built environment.

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Forest Lawn

Forest Lawn

By Jeff Nachtigall

Located in Bozeman, MT

Formalism collides with a punk rock, folk art sensibility in his pop culture mash-ups that explore the liminal space between the natural and built environment.

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Nocturne 7

Nocturne 7

By Jeff Nachtigall

Located in Bozeman, MT

Formalism collides with a punk rock, folk art sensibility in his pop culture mash-ups that explore the liminal space between the natural and built environment.

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic

The Affair

The Affair

By Jeff Nachtigall

Located in Bozeman, MT

Formalism collides with a punk rock, folk art sensibility in his pop culture mash-ups that explore the liminal space between the natural and built environment.

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Estuary 1 (Abstract Drawing)
Estuary 1 (Abstract Drawing)

Estuary 1 (Abstract Drawing)

By Margaret Neill

Located in London, GB

They are influenced by the edge and the grid of the two dimensional picture plane and evoke the liminal space between sensation and memory. Margaret Neill is an American abstract ar...

Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Linen, Acrylic, Graphite

Estuary 1 (Abstract Drawings)
Estuary 1 (Abstract Drawings)

Estuary 1 (Abstract Drawings)

By Margaret Neill

Located in London, GB

They are influenced by the edge and the grid of the two dimensional picture plane and evoke the liminal space between sensation and memory. Margaret Neill is an American abstract ar...

Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Linen, Acrylic, Graphite

"Between two worlds" abstract painting acrylic on canvas 200x140cm 2021
"Between two worlds" abstract painting acrylic on canvas 200x140cm 2021

"Between two worlds" abstract painting acrylic on canvas 200x140cm 2021

By Pierre Morquin

Located in Saint Pol de Léon, Bretagne

In this abstract painting by Pierre Morquin, the viewer is plunged into a liminal space, between two realities. The bright, contrasting colours, such as red, blue and yellow, create ...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Spray Paint, Acrylic

Diptych Ancestor in Transit, cold wax, tissue paper monoprints on canvas, 2021.
Diptych Ancestor in Transit, cold wax, tissue paper monoprints on canvas, 2021.

Diptych Ancestor in Transit, cold wax, tissue paper monoprints on canvas, 2021.

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

This diptych, Ancestor in Transit, shows ancestors journeying and pausing in their journey with their small traveling bundles. The backdrop is the liminal space between worlds.

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wax, Tissue Paper

Untitled Abstract Painting, Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, 2010s, Unframed
Untitled Abstract Painting, Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, 2010s, Unframed

Untitled Abstract Painting, Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, 2010s, Unframed

By Jesse Ross

Located in Vancouver, CA

Ross's work is not about capturing definitive images but rather exploring the liminal space between representation and abstraction, inviting viewers to participate in the act of inte...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Making No Appeal Whatsoever, Abstract Painting, Oil and Acrylic, 2010+
Making No Appeal Whatsoever, Abstract Painting, Oil and Acrylic, 2010+

Making No Appeal Whatsoever, Abstract Painting, Oil and Acrylic, 2010+

By Jesse Ross

Located in Vancouver, CA

Ross's work is not about capturing definitive images but rather exploring the liminal space between representation and abstraction, inviting viewers to participate in the act of inte...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

"AVIRONS, Lunar Cycles, - wall sculpture, moon, celestial, space, oar
"AVIRONS, Lunar Cycles, - wall sculpture, moon, celestial, space, oar

"AVIRONS, Lunar Cycles, - wall sculpture, moon, celestial, space, oar

By Corrina Sephora

Located in Atlanta, GA

Her most recent body of work, Uncharted Waters, combines ancient and contemporary technology and nautical and celestial imagery to celebrate life’s journeys, voyages and the dance wi...

Category

2010s Abstract Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Brass, Copper, Steel

Noise: Contemporary Mixed Media Painting on Cardboard, 2021, Unframed

Noise: Contemporary Mixed Media Painting on Cardboard, 2021, Unframed

By Soudeh Davoud

Located in London, GB

The horizon, dissolving into a patterned sky, invites the viewer to linger in this liminal space between dream and memory. Blending intimacy with vastness, Noise evokes the quiet hu...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Cardboard

At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites 13 (texture, organic, biophilic, sand)
At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites 13 (texture, organic, biophilic, sand)

At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites 13 (texture, organic, biophilic, sand)

By Melisa Taylor Metzger

Located in Quebec, Quebec

Inviting viewers into a liminal space between land, sea, and sky, it speaks to the cycles of erosion and renewal, anchoring personal memory in the ever-evolving textures of the natur...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic

At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites 12 (texture, organic, biophilic, sand)
At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites 12 (texture, organic, biophilic, sand)

At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites 12 (texture, organic, biophilic, sand)

By Melisa Taylor Metzger

Located in Quebec, Quebec

With its tactile complexity and ethereal light play, the work invites viewers into a liminal space between earth and sky, offering a meditation on transformation, sediment, and the e...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic

Liz Sweibel, Untitled (Splinter 8 ), 2014, Wood, Paint, Found Objects
Liz Sweibel, Untitled (Splinter 8 ), 2014, Wood, Paint, Found Objects

Liz Sweibel, Untitled (Splinter 8 ), 2014, Wood, Paint, Found Objects

By Liz Sweibel

Located in Darien, CT

She uses a spare, personal language of abstraction to explore liminal spaces and unseen forces: wind, history, values, math, gravity, protein, memory.

Category

2010s Minimalist Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Paint, Found Objects

Liz Sweibel, Untitled (Splinter 2 ), 2014, Wood, Paint, Found Objects
Liz Sweibel, Untitled (Splinter 2 ), 2014, Wood, Paint, Found Objects

Liz Sweibel, Untitled (Splinter 2 ), 2014, Wood, Paint, Found Objects

By Liz Sweibel

Located in Darien, CT

She uses a spare, personal language of abstraction to explore liminal spaces and unseen forces: wind, history, values, math, gravity, protein, memory.

Category

2010s Minimalist Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Paint, Found Objects

A Soft Unconscious Mourning

A Soft Unconscious Mourning

By Meg Griffiths

Located in Sante Fe, NM

There is an oddness in this liminal space, waking each morning to come into the reality that you are not the same person you were now that someone has gone or someone has arrived.

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Sieve of the Universe

Sieve of the Universe

By Meg Griffiths

Located in Sante Fe, NM

There is an oddness in this liminal space, waking each morning to come into the reality that you are not the same person you were now that someone has gone or someone has arrived.

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Space Between, 40 x 52, Landscape, Oil Painting
The Space Between, 40 x 52, Landscape, Oil Painting

The Space Between, 40 x 52, Landscape, Oil Painting

By Robin Cole

Located in Denver, CO

The piece resonates with Cole's signature contemplative style, inviting viewers into a liminal space that bridges the tangible and the imagined.

Category

2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Recollection 6 (Vermont), pastel, green, mini, abstract, geometric
Recollection 6 (Vermont), pastel, green, mini, abstract, geometric

Recollection 6 (Vermont), pastel, green, mini, abstract, geometric

By Barbara Marks

Located in New York, NY

Viewers find themselves teetering into curious, liminal spaces between abstraction and representation, where reality slips into dream states.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Gouache, Panel, Graphite

Recollection 106 (Auvillar), green, bright,  abstract, geometric
Recollection 106 (Auvillar), green, bright,  abstract, geometric

Recollection 106 (Auvillar), green, bright, abstract, geometric

By Barbara Marks

Located in New York, NY

Viewers find themselves teetering into curious, liminal spaces between abstraction and representation, where reality slips into dream states.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Gouache, Panel, Graphite

Recollection 146 (Montauk), bright colors, abstract, landscape, geometric
Recollection 146 (Montauk), bright colors, abstract, landscape, geometric

Recollection 146 (Montauk), bright colors, abstract, landscape, geometric

By Barbara Marks

Located in New York, NY

Viewers find themselves teetering into curious, liminal spaces between abstraction and representation, where reality slips into dream states.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Gouache, Panel, Graphite

Recollection 145 (Montauk), abstract, bright, geometric, pattern, landscape
Recollection 145 (Montauk), abstract, bright, geometric, pattern, landscape

Recollection 145 (Montauk), abstract, bright, geometric, pattern, landscape

By Barbara Marks

Located in New York, NY

Viewers find themselves teetering into curious, liminal spaces between abstraction and representation, where reality slips into dream states.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Gouache, Panel, Graphite

Recollection 52 (Mt.San Angelo), landscape, abstract, neutral, mixed media
Recollection 52 (Mt.San Angelo), landscape, abstract, neutral, mixed media

Recollection 52 (Mt.San Angelo), landscape, abstract, neutral, mixed media

By Barbara Marks

Located in New York, NY

Viewers find themselves teetering into curious, liminal spaces between abstraction and representation, where reality slips into dream states.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Gouache, Panel, Graphite

Recollection 68 (Stony Creek), pastel, abstract, mixed media, geometric
Recollection 68 (Stony Creek), pastel, abstract, mixed media, geometric

Recollection 68 (Stony Creek), pastel, abstract, mixed media, geometric

By Barbara Marks

Located in New York, NY

Viewers find themselves teetering into curious, liminal spaces between abstraction and representation, where reality slips into dream states.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Gouache, Panel, Graphite

Tulips in Granny's Green Vase Soft

Tulips in Granny's Green Vase Soft

By James Pitts

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Being present in the liminal space is intoxicating and the anticipation of change is thrilling.

Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Orchid Bunch in Red Vase with Reflection

Orchid Bunch in Red Vase with Reflection

By James Pitts

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Being present in the liminal space is intoxicating and the anticipation of change is thrilling.

Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Orchid Cluster in Sculpted White Japanese Vase

Orchid Cluster in Sculpted White Japanese Vase

By James Pitts

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Being present in the liminal space is intoxicating and the anticipation of change is thrilling.

Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

White Orchid on Slate

White Orchid on Slate

By James Pitts

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Being present in the liminal space is intoxicating and the anticipation of change is thrilling.

Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Orchid Bunch in Old Frosted Bottle

Orchid Bunch in Old Frosted Bottle

By James Pitts

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Being present in the liminal space is intoxicating and the anticipation of change is thrilling.

Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

White Orchid in Window Backlight

White Orchid in Window Backlight

By James Pitts

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Being present in the liminal space is intoxicating and the anticipation of change is thrilling.

Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Orchid Bunch in Large Old Blue Bottle

Orchid Bunch in Large Old Blue Bottle

By James Pitts

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Being present in the liminal space is intoxicating and the anticipation of change is thrilling.

Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Bunch of Orchids in Red Japanese Vase Through Window

Bunch of Orchids in Red Japanese Vase Through Window

By James Pitts

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Being present in the liminal space is intoxicating and the anticipation of change is thrilling.

Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

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Liminal Space For Sale on 1stDibs

On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate liminal space for your needs in our varied inventory. There are many contemporary, abstract and minimalist versions of these works for sale. When looking for the right liminal space for your space, you can search on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of gray, beige, brown and blue. A liminal space from David Burdeny, David Collins, Barbara Marks, James Pitts and Robert Voit — each of whom created distinctive versions of this kind of work — is worth considering. Artworks like these of any era or style can make for thoughtful decor in any space, but a selection from our variety of those made in paper, pigment print and digital print can add an especially memorable touch. A large liminal space can be an attractive addition to some spaces, while smaller examples are available — approximately spanning 1 high and 0.0875 wide — and may be better suited to a more modest living area.

How Much is a Liminal Space?

The average selling price for a liminal space we offer is $3,500, while they’re typically $180 on the low end and $33,067 for the highest priced.