1. “No one sees a flower, really – it’s so small -- we haven’t time, and to see takes time.” Georgia O’Keeffe

2. Georgia O’Keeffe 1887 - 1986

3. Georgia O’Keeffe American artist. Worked as an art teacher in. Is known for large-scale paintings of things found in nature. “the wideness and wonder of the world as I live in it.” Blue and Green Music, 1921

4. Georgia O’Keeffe is very well- known for her flower paintings. How would you describe this artwork? Red Canna, 1924

5. The Dark Iris, No. II, 1926

6. Black Iris III, 1926

7. Abstraction, White Rose II, 1927

12. Two Jimson Weeds, 1938

14. Jack-in-the-Pulpit II, 1930

17. Bella Donna

18. Black Iris

19. Morning Glories

21. Light Coming on the Plains III, 1917

22. Red and Orange Hills, 1938-39

23. Canyon with Crows, 1917

24. Small Purple Hills, 1934

25. The Grey Hills, 1942

26. From the Lake

28. New York Night, 1929 Radiator Building, Night, New York, 1927

29. City Night, 1926

30. Nature Forms Gasp

31. The Lawrence Tree, 1929

32. Georgia O’Keeffe In 1928, Georgia felt the need to travel to inspire new art. She moved to Taos, New Mexico and fell in love the the desert landscape. How do you think this is going to influence her work?

36. Cow Skull, Red, White and Blue, 1931

37. The bones do not symbolize death to me. They are shapes that I enjoy. It never occurred to me that they had anything to do with death; they are very lively! … They please me and I like them in relation to the sky. -Georgia O’Keeffe

38. How are these paintings different from the ones we’ve already seen? What do you think the subject matter is?  Abstraction No. 77 Abstraction White 

39. Horse’s Skull on Blue

40. In 1977, President Gerald Ford presented Georgia with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor award to an American citizen. In 1985 she was awarded the National Medal of Arts. Georgia died in 1986 in Santa Fe, NM. In accordance with her final wishes, her ashes were scattered into the wind from the top of a mountain in New Mexico. In 1997, the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum was established in Santa Fe.

41. So…. what are we gonna do?

42. We are going to do large oil pastel drawing of a flower/s, using a grid to increase our observation and drawing skills.

43. Then we are going to do an abstract watercolor landscape painting that focuses on the movement and colors of the landscape more than the actual details.

44. This project has two very different parts: one that focuses on really seeing every detail and line, and another that focuses on eliminating the details and enhancing the colors and emotions. Why would we do this?