Homage to O’Keeffe
Red Poppy
8×8
Oil Pastel on Museum Board
The above photo is a little dark since I shot it through the glass. Also pardon the glare.
Since I showed an older painting of mine that had some similarities to Bev Doolittle’s work last week, though was not influenced by her in any way. (And yes a comparison was once again made between my work and Bev’s last weekend. Sigh) I thought I’d show a piece of mine from a few years back, I think PB (Pre-blog) that has a little O’Keeffian inspiration behind it. While working on it I was totally focused on color and mark making and wasn’t thinking of O’Keeffe. Still the influence is obvious.
For my reference I used a photograph of a flower from my own garden. I adore poppies and keep a large garden of them. Too bad they are so fragile and once bloom only last a few days.
O’Keeffe Movie
Despite being on the road doing the Riverssance event, I did get to watch the Georgia O’Keeffe special. I found it enjoyable to watch though perhaps not totally accurate. It seems odd to me when they already have a good story, the writers then choose to alter the facts for some storyline they think is better than reality. If you are making a movie about someone stick to the facts. I also would have liked to see more about the creation and motivation of the artwork. Non-the-less I enjoyed watching it.
I see Angela Finney has also posted on the movie and has included a few interesting links. So if anyone has anything they want to share or to open a discussion about it, (either here or on Angela’s blog) please do.
Tags: oil pastel
I had to watch that also, and it was a gorgeous film, although it disappoint me in ways that you discuss. I can see where you draw influence from her, but maybe not as much with the flower, that seems more deliberate. There is something very feminine in your line that reads similarly.