Nobody sees a flower - really - it is so small it takes time - we haven't time - and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time. Georgia O'KeefeThis is one of my favorite Georgia O'Keefe paintings. (can you use "favorite" if there is more than one?)
I don't remember when I was exposed to O'Keefe first, but I remember exactly when I became enamored by her work. When living in Maryland in the fall of 1987, there was an O'Keefe exhibition at the National Gallery in DC and I wandered around by myself for hours. The enormity of some of her work simply awed me. I took a poster of this poppy home, and it has hung in various homes and rooms ever since.
After I left New Mexico, the O'Keefe Museum opened in Santa Fe. I've never visited, but I hope to next summer, because I see they will be doing an exhibition with O'Keefe and another one of my favorites, Ansel Adams.
I'm not an art scholar. But I know what I like... :-)
1 comment:
It was so surprising that the red poppy picture is SMALL! In the museum, it almost goes unnoticed next to some her other works. But it is still one of my favorites, too! You'll enjoy the museum!
XOXOXO, Mom
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