Day 3 in Santa Fe/Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Today I visited the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe which houses the largest collection of O'Keeffe's in the world -- oil paintings, drawings, watercolors, pastels, and sculptures.  Many of her images are tied to the local desert landscapes. She first visited New Mexico in 1917 and returned for extended periods from the 1920s onwards. Originally from Wisconsin, she found her spiritual home in New Mexico. O'Keeffe eventually owned two homes north of Santa Fe—the first, her summer retreat in Ghost Ranch, was nestled beneath 700-foot cliffs and looked out to the flat-topped Pedernal in the distance, while the second, used as her winter residence, was in the small town of Abiquiu. While both locales provided a wealth of imagery for her paintings, one feature of the Abiquiu house—the large walled patio with its black door—was particularly inspirational.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_O'Keeffe
http://www.okeeffemuseum.org/

Georgia O'Keeffe, Ram's Head, Blue Morning Glory, 1938.
Gift of The Burnett Foundation. © Georgia O’Keeffe Museum

Georgia O'Keeffe, Black Hollyhock, Blue Larkspur, 1930.
Extended loan, private collection. © Georgia O’Keeffe Museum

Georgia O'Keeffe, My Last Door, 1952 / 1954.
Gift of The Burnett Foundation. © Georgia O’Keeffe Museum