O’Keeffe developed a personal vocabulary of abstract forms and composition strategies as she acquired the principles taught by Arthur Wesley Dow. The artist was steadfast in her commitment to the discipline of drawing, which she adopted early in her career. O’Keeffe’s drawing practice was the lens for each new experience and her sketches form a journal of her explorations. Our intent with this exhibition is not to eliminate the mystery of her artwork, but rather to deepen the appreciation of her skill and unique talents as one of the most technically proficient and artistically innovative artists of the twentieth century. Her confidence in handling these elements makes her style of painting look effortless. O’Keeffe’s facility with a variety of media-pastel, charcoal, watercolor, and oil-combined with her sense for line, color, and composition to produce deceptively simple works. Time and time again in her work, we see an artist pushing the boundaries, in some cases quite literally with lines and forms racing off the edge of the canvas, yet somehow she always manages to maintain a sense of stability and produce works that are visually engaging. Holding all of this together in harmonious balance is her sense for composition. A brilliant colorist, O’Keeffe created strong, vibrant works with colors that glow with energy and vitality. The presentation offers fresh insight into the importance of line in her work-from preliminary sketches and drawings, to the fluid, seemingly effortless outlines that define regions of her canvas and divide her compositions into dynamic zones of color, be it the curve of a flower petal, the horizon of a landscape, or the contour of an abstract form. To understand the richness of Georgia O’Keeffe’s artistic practice, this exhibition reveals her disciplined drawing practice, dramatic color palette, and innovative sense for composition through paintings and drawings that span her career. The power of Georgia O’Keeffe’s artwork derives from her mastery of essential elements of art making: line, color, and composition.
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