Georgia O'Keefe

from google image

I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for.  ~Georgia O'Keeffe

There is a story I remember from studying about Georgia O'Keeffe's life that always sticks with me because it was so funny yet gave insight into her life and personality. 

When Georgia was living at Abiqu(click)(Ghost Ranch)click New Mexico, she had a house keeper and cook that helped her with daily chores.  The house keeper recounts this tale. One day she had gone in town to the store to buy groceries and was walking back up to the house. 


It was a good distance from the road to the house and Georgia's beloved chow chow dogs were loose and running about.  The dogs were not well behaved and the house keeper said the only way she made it to the house safely was to throw out one steak at a time to the dogs...until she had thrown them all out, running full steam to the front door of the house for safety! 

Georgia O'Keefe  Abique  from google image

Georgia herself was an enigmatic and mysterious woman.  She was quite a character and not know to be easy to deal with.  Her time at Abiqu lengthened and lengthen until she lived their full time.  At first Stiglitz(click), her husband, would come, but they became more distant and he lived on the East coast and she in New Mexico.  I think we will take an in-depth look at her varied and interesting life in another post.  She is an artist that takes time to understand and know.