1. Georgia O’Keeffe 1887 - 1986

2. Abstract artists…  Used color and shape in their paintings to show emotions.  Did not try to make their paintings or artwork realistic  Did not try to show people, animals, or places exactly as they appeared in the real world..

3. Georgia O’Keeffe…  A true pioneer in painting – bold use of color and shape.  Known for her paintings of flowers  Known for her paintings of the Southwest..

4. early years….

5. Evening Star, 1917

6. Blue and Green Music, 1919

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10. Thinking Big… Georgia's most well-known paintings are large paintings of flowers that often cover an entire canvas with just one blossom. The largest canvas that she ever painted was twenty-four feet wide (Sky Above Clouds IV, 1965).

12. Oriental Poppies

14. Lake #1

15. Poppy

16. Jack in the Pulpit

17. Red Canna

18. Design … Georgia O'Keefe believed that a painting should not try to reproduce the way something looks. Instead she thought that it should be a design in itself.

19. Jack In the Pulpit #5 Waterfall #3

20. Cow’s skull red white and blue

21. Pansy Cow’s skull red white and blue

22. Pansy Cow’s skull red white and blue

23. Turkey feathers and Indian pot..

24. Later in life.