"Pelvis with the Distance" by Georgia O'Keeffe

For my sister, Karen.  She recommended this artist, "the one that paints vaginas." I did not choose a "vagina" painting by O'Keeffe instead I went with one of her bone paintings, Pelvis with the Distance.  Georgia O'Keeffe, an American artist, has a very distinct style of art.  She tends to take objects such as flowers or bones and do very detailed, close up paintings of them.  She often uses rich colors such as brilliant blues, reds, and oranges along with pure whites. She really knows how to make colors compliment and work together in her paintings.

Pelvis with the Distance. Georgia O'Keeffe. 1943. Oil on Canvas.


Around the 1930's she began to paint sun-bleached animal bones.  She started off with cow skulls and then led into a series of pelvis paintings between 1943 and 1945.  She focused on the contrast between convex and concave surfaces and open and solid spaces. O'Keeffe was able to take great advantage of shape and space that a pelvis bone creates.

Photo and Information gathered from http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/geok/hd_geok.htm, http://www.kidsart.com/IS/438.html, http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/okee-geo.htm