Pelvis III 1944

Georgia O’Keefe made this painting, titled Pelvis III, with oil paint on canvas. Look at the large blue oval shape, nestled in the center. There’s a dreamy softness to it, which comes from the way O’Keefe blends her colors. It’s like she’s inviting us into a secret world, one where forms shift and change depending on how we look at them. Is it a landscape? A body? It’s both, maybe neither. Notice how she uses subtle gradations of color to create depth and shadow. The way the light seems to glow from within the painting itself. It makes me think of Agnes Martin, another painter who used soft color and simple forms to create a sense of peace and contemplation. Ultimately, O’Keefe’s painting reminds us that art is about seeing, feeling, and thinking, all at the same time. It’s about embracing ambiguity and finding beauty in the unexpected.