Georgia OKeeffe, American Artist

The year is 2009, one of the things that keeps drawing us back to Santa Fe, New Mexico is Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) and her wonderful pieces of art. In 1998, a year after her museum opened, we were fortunate to see her collection of 106 paintings. It is a rarity the number of paintings that were assembled in one place and probably will never again. It was truly inspiring, honor and privilege to have seen this once in a lifetime showing.

Georgia O'Keeffe Museum located at 217 Johnson Street, Santa Fe, NM. Jimson Weed was on display for the first time in eight years, following its return from the White House.

Georgia O'Keeffe's church in Abiquiu where she lived.

Donna with Napoleon Garcia who knew and worked with Georgia O'Keeffe when he was a youngster. He did many errands for her and is a terrific storyteller of his adventures with O'Keeffe.

Georgia O'Keeffe's pueblo in Abiquiu, New Mexico. Tours of her home may be arranged with the Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation.

O'Keeffe used this type of landscape near her home as subjects for many of her paintings.

Rams Head, White Hollyhock and little hills.

White Calico Flower.

Oriental Poppies 1927

Jimson Weed 1936

Datura and Pedernal 1940.

In the background is her signature mountain, The Pedernal, which appears in a number of her paintings. In the next photo down, I am standing in front of it.

Allen standing in front of The Pedernal Mountain, the signature mountain for O'Keeffe's paintings. Do you supposed she stood at that spot where I am standing to paint that mountain?