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a tribute to georgia o'keeffe
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I had no sort of art education, no experience with art mediums beyond crayons, Colorforms and Etch-A-Sketch- though I was regarded much the class artist in elementary school. But by 1964, in the seventh grade, I was lucky enough to have an inspired art teacher, Mrs. (Jean) Murren who gave me, essentially, a crash course in art appreciation. I distinctly recall Mrs. Murren remarking with her uniquely edgy wit that there were all of two distinguished women painters in all history (!), Mary Cassett ("who is known for painting babies with their mothers") and Georgia O'Keeffe ("who is known for her desert landscapes often with bones in them") and went on to elaborate that the painter was still living. (She also commented that Picasso was getting on in years and wouldn't be with us much longer...however the old master didn't agree and hung in there until I was well out of high school!)
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"Pear Blossoms"
(as they appear when scanned)
May 2007
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These are my designs inspired by the flower paintings of Georgia O'Keeffe. O'Keeffe began painting her flower canvases while vacationing with Stieglitz at his family home in Lake George, N.Y. so the specimens are readily collected and easily grown anywhere in the northeast. Over the years I've cultivated datura, iris, larkspur, poppies and so on in my own garden. The cow's skull is not a real skull, it's a pottery cast of a skull loaned to me by a friend. While visiting New Mexico O'Keeffe would collect bones and bring them home, painting them in New York where she lived with Stieglitz until he died and she moved permanently to New Mexico. I'm using a variety of "collection" techniques for these images- many are single layer scans while others are paintings which incorporate multiple scans and/or digital photos. My intent is not to simply duplicate her paintings, but to utilize the same or similar specimens to achieve her pure color palette and effect. The colors and color combinations selected by O'Keeffe are bright and pure and familiar to artists, and indeed the general public eye today, but in their day were shocking and unexpectedly daring! Imagine! Apparently her fellow artists (all male) were quite disturbed by her paint box selections.....back
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"Green Gladiolus" (2004)
"Iris"
"Poppy Orientale"
"Night Blooms"
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"Pear Blossoms" (May 2007)
as my interpretation;
inspired by O'Keeffe's
"Apple Blossoms" (1930)
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"Blue and Green Hosta" (2005)
inspired by "Blue and Green Music" (1919)
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"Skull and Tulip" (May 2007)
inspired by O'Keeffe's "Calico Roses" & "Red, White & Blue"
(1931)
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Unfortunately, due to artists' copyright policy I can't display the O'Keeffe painting at this gallery, so a link to the image has been substituted whenever available.
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