Georgia Junkie

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Singing has always seemed to me the most perfect means of expression. It is so spontaneous. And after singing, I think the violin. Since I cannot sing, I paint.
— Georgia O’Keeffe
permalink “This is Georgia O’Keeffe Country — remote, solitary and breathtaking.”
Metro - O’Keeffe County: Northern New Mexico saturated with beauty that inspired painter

“This is Georgia O’Keeffe Country — remote, solitary and breathtaking.”

Metro - O’Keeffe County: Northern New Mexico saturated with beauty that inspired painter

permalink Rochester Memorial Art Museum. On the back of the canvas is a painting that O’Keeffe started but never finished for some reason. She later reused the canvas and completed another painting on the other side. The gallery cut a ‘window’ in the drywall for this piece so both sides could be viewed.
Front (finished) “Jawbone and Fungus”, 1931http://magart.rochester.edu/Obj617?sid=2385&x=47452Back (unfinished) “Untitled (abstraction)”, ca.  1923http://magart.rochester.edu/Obj11221?sid=2385&x=47458

Rochester Memorial Art Museum. On the back of the canvas is a painting that O’Keeffe started but never finished for some reason. She later reused the canvas and completed another painting on the other side. The gallery cut a ‘window’ in the drywall for this piece so both sides could be viewed.

Front (finished) “Jawbone and Fungus”, 1931
http://magart.rochester.edu/Obj617?sid=2385&x=47452
Back (unfinished) “Untitled (abstraction)”, ca. 1923
http://magart.rochester.edu/Obj11221?sid=2385&x=47458

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Georgia O’Keeffe no. 4

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Georgia O’Keeffe no. 4

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Georgia O’Keeffe no. 2

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Georgia O’Keeffe no. 2

permalink Georgia O’Keeffe and the Faraway: Nature and ImageFebruary 12, 2010 - September 6, 2010
Cowgirl Hall of Fame - Exhibitions

Georgia O’Keeffe and the Faraway:
Nature and Image
February 12, 2010 - September 6, 2010

Cowgirl Hall of Fame - Exhibitions

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Guerrilla Girls: Frida Kahlo Visits Georgia O’Keeffe: Abstraction (via Whitney Museum of American Art: Watch & Listen)