GEORGIA O'KEEFEBorn 1887 Died 1986 = 98

years old

LETS BREAK IT DOWN

From her quote, what does it tell you about Georgia O’Keefe?

What was her style of painting?

How does she see the world?

COMPARE THE RED CANNA

SHELL NO. I , 1928

O’keefe didn't care about what people thought of her paintings, because she wanted to paint in

her own way of thinking.

RED SNAPDRAGONS 1923

"A phrase O'Keeffe used in a letter to a friend, "Tonight I walked into the sunset“…is

like all of her best art: immediate, concrete, all-

encompassing.

Sunset is the time when the world appears least

structured, when forms tend to dissolve and are replaced

by new colors and sensations.

ORIENTAL POPP IES 1928

JACK- IN -PULP IT - NO. 2 , 1930

O'Keeffe acted to suspend time,

producing art that would capture the

moment.

For example, O'Keeffe made of a flower, with

all its fragility, a permanent image

without season, wilt, or decay.

JACK- IN -THE -PULP IT NO. 3 , 1930

Flowers enlarged and reconstructed in oil on canvas or pastel

on paper, it is a vehicle for pure

expression rather than an example of

botanical illustration.

JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT NO. IV, 1930

In Georgia O'Keeffe's art, fleeting effects of natural phenomena or personal emotion

become symbols, permanent points of

reference.

JACK- IN -PULP IT ABSTRACT ION - NO. 5 , 1930

MOTIF:repeated design: a repeated design, shape, or pattern

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grade *

JACK- IN -THE -PULP IT NO. V I , 1930

THE SHELL , 1934

PELV IS SER IES – RED WITH YELLOW 1945

SKY WITH FL AT WH ITE CLOUD, 1962

COMPOSITION

Composition is the placement or arrangement of visual elements in a

work of art.

It can also be thought of as the organization of the elements of art according to the principles of art.

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COMPOSITION CONTINUED

The term composition means 'putting together,' and can apply to any work of art.

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COW’S SKULL: RED WHITE AND BLUE

O'KEEFFE WAS BORN CLOSE TO SUN PRA IR IE , W ISCONS IN .

PELVIS

when I started painting the pelvis bones I was most interested in the holes in the bones— what I saw through them— particularly the blue from holding them up in the sun against the sky...

RED POPPY

“L IGHT IR IS” 1924

ABSTRACT ART

Art that does not depict recognizable scenes or objects, but instead is

made up of forms and colors that exist for their own expressive sake.

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ABSTRACTION WHITE ROSE, 1927

BL ACK PANSY K IT

Realism: lifelike artistic

representation: in artistic and literary

works, lifelike representation of

people and the world, without any idealization

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' ' J IMS O N WEED ' ' ( 1936 ) , O I L O N CANVAS

GEOMETRIC

Geometric: using simple lines. Using straight lines and simple

shapes such as circles or squares

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ASSIGNMENT ( I N P R E P A R A T I O N T O P A I N T I N G )

Choose a flower image that best represents a likeness to the work of Georgia O’Keefe

• Ms. Nicholson has many visuals for you to choose from. If you do NOT like the visuals provided you may bring in your own…but please know you have ONE (1) day to do so. After tomorrow you may NOT bring in your own visual.

Choose the best CLOSE UP composition of your image.

Lightly sketch out the ENLARGED image in pencil on your paper. FILL UP THE ENTIRE PAGE

THINGS TO LOOK FOR

EXAGGERATION

CONTRAST

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