Pelvis III 1944

Georgia O’Keeffe has given us a painting of a bone, or perhaps something far more sensual and abstract than that. I like to think about how a painting like this comes into being—layer upon layer, the hues shifting, until it feels right. It’s not just about what she painted, but how she painted it. The way the light seems to caress the curves, that soft, pillowy surface—it’s pretty dreamy. And that blue. It's so pure, almost like a window, pulling you into another world. I can imagine O’Keeffe, out in the desert, finding these bones and being drawn to their forms, their hidden architecture. There is such a sense of calm and peace in this work. Artists, we’re always borrowing from each other, riffing on ideas, and in this piece, I see echoes of other painters who dared to look closely and find beauty in unexpected places.