Georgia Books

"This calendar's twelve images, all from major American museums, include White Peony, 1927; Flower Abstraction, 1924; Datura and Pedernal, 1940; Black Pansy and Forget-Me-Nots, 1926; The Mountain, New Mexico, 1931; and Red Cannas, 1927. ¶ 12 x 13" wall calendar (opens to 12 x 26") with twelve full-color reproductions. ISBN: 0-7649-3102-4 . . . Related items available in Georgia O'Keeffe Gallery."--© Pomegranate

You will never be disappointed in any artwork by the great George O'Keeffe. I look forward to getting her new calendar every year.

Yes this is the 7th one I've bought. I love Georgia O'keeffes' art. Her colors are vivid, her lines sensual. A great way to get great art into your home or workplace.

The black and white photography captures the artist perfectly. You can feel her intensity and sensuality spring from the pages. It is an intimate look at a very private artist.

"A flower is relatively small. Everyone has many associations with a flower - the idea of flowers. You put out your hand to touch the flower - lean forward to smell it - maybe touch it with your lips almost without thinking - or give it to someone to please them. Still, in a way - nobody sees a flower - really - it is so small - we haven't time - and to see takes time like to have a friend takes time. If I could paint the flower exactly as I see it no one would see what I see because I would paint it small like the flower is small. So I said to myself, I'll paint what I see - what the flower is to me but I'll paint it big and they will be surprised into taking time to look at it." ~ Georgia O'Keeffe ~

"These works of art are self-portrait of a woman and an artist in full bloom. They are extraordinary because of the complexity and richness of their intimations. They speak of many things - the idea of filling a space in a beautiful way, the sheer joy of painting well, one woman's life. To me they are above all the most sublime expression of love that had ever been put into paint." ~ Nicholas Callaway ~

I simply love flowers!

I love roses for they are the ultimate message of true love. Flowers symbolize emotion gently unfolding like the love growing in your hearts.

This gem of a book, Georgia O'Keeffe: "One Hundred Flowers" is one of my favorite art/coffee table books and as someone who loves to draw and paint, this to me is a treasure more than anything else in the world! The size of this book is 16" x 14" x 1" - it's absolutely a collector's item. I love looking at one hundred beautiful flowers magnificently compiled here by Nicholas Callaway and truly appreciate the beauty and charm of each flower painted delicately with pastel and dainty colors by one of my favorite painters of all-time, Georgia O'Keeffe. I have appreciated her beautiful works of art and I own some of her most remarkable works. Who else can capture the beauty of flowers with brilliant imagination and innate creativity than Ms. O'Keeffe?

My beautiful, intellectual and creative sister, who is a Physician and paints as a hobby, got me into painting when two winters ago, while I was spending Christmas holidays with her and her very own family, a blizzard after Christmas Day kept us inside the house for almost three days and we had painting sessions with her son, daughters and her daughters-in-law where she taught us the basics. My first few paintings are of course flowers since I'm greatly fascinated by the charming masterworks of Georgia O'Keeffe. And I believe that flowers say a thousand words. These O'Keeffe works of art are startling with sensuality with images that constituted a new language through which the artist expressed profound emotion.

I'm so fascinated by every painting but the masterworks that deeply caught my eyes include the following. I own framed prints of the first five and they are all eye-catchers.

58 - Pink Rose
29 - Pink Tulip
26 - Pink Sweet Peas
81 - Pink Roses and Larkspur
73 - Light Iris
12 - Petunia No. 2
35 - Pansy
79 - Bleeding Heart
97 - The White Trumpet Flower
53 - Yellow Calla-Green Leaves
67 - White Flower
72 - Yellow Cactus Flowers
96 - Jimson Weed (Cover)
85 - Sunflower
46 - Poppy
98 - White Calico Flower
13 - Petunia and Coleus
89 - The Miracle Flower
14 - Flower Abstraction
86 - Mountain Flowers, Mariposa Lily
61 - Yellow Hickory Leaves with Daisy
55 - Calla Lily with Red Roses
93 - White Camellia
94 - An Orchid
83 - Apple Blossoms

This Valentine's Day, there's nothing sweeter than receiving flowers . . . so say it with flowers. And add this beautiful book to go with the fresh flowers for your special someone.

Happy Valentine's Day to you!

"Now with O'Keeffe's Apple Blossoms (1930) gracing the cover, this popular deluxe address book offers 40 full-color reproductions, along with introductory text. Measuring 7 x 8 1/4 in., it has 124 pages; space for 480 names, addresses, and numbers; and a hard cover with hidden wire-o binding that allows the book to lie open flat. A lovely gift. ISBN: 0-87654-502-9; size: 7 x 8 1/4". $19.95"--© Pomegranate

I just saw this show at the Smithsonian Museum of American Art. The show was very well put together, except that the Ansel Adams photographs were over matted covering a slight amount of the border and Ansel's signature.

Copies of this book were available at the show and after seeing the actual art I was very disappointed in the quality of the book. The color reproductions of O'Keeffe's work were OK, but the reproductions of the photographs were just awful. The reproductions appeared flat in comparison to the photographs but also in comparison to many other better reproductions of Ansel's work. No only that but there appeared to be a lot of dust on the photographs when they were reproduced. For instance the black sky in his iconic 'Moonrise Over Hernandez New Mexico' has several dozen white spots in the sky. Other photographs suffer from this same problem. It is unfortunate since the show included a couple images I had not seen reproduced before.

The publisher of this book (Little Brown) has recently published several of Ansel's books in the past including 'Trees' and the excellent '400 photographs.' Both of these books were printed in Western Europe. For some reason (probably to save money) they decided to go with a printer in Singapore for this book, the quality unfortunately suffered.

Natural Affinities
Written by: Barabara Buhler Lynes, Sandra S. Phillips, and Richard B. Woodward
Published b "Insightful" y: Little, Brown, and Company
Reviewed by: Stephanie Rollins for ReviewYourBook.com 9/2008
ISBN: 978-0-316-11832-3
"Insightful" 5 stars
I was familiar with Ansel Adams, but I did not know about Georgia O'Keeffe. I suppose that alone tells you that I am not an art fan. Anyone, even those who do not typically appreciate art, will love this book. Adams and O'Keeffe produce art for the masses.
Both focus their work on the South Western part of America. O'Keeffe is described as more aloof. Perhaps the most interesting fact in this book is that both O'Keeffe and Adams have vivid memories from even their infancy.
The majority of this book is paintings and photographs. That makes this a great coffee table book for both home and the office. This would also make a great gift.

Convenient size. You can take it with you when you travel to New Mexico and see the lands that inspired a truly remarkable woman. The black and white photographs and the simple design of the book would please Ms. Okeeffe, I feel. I have been to Ghost Ranch and it really is amazing to see some of the changes and similarities that the pictures present. The photographer John Loengard has produced a compelling insight into the private life of a very intriguing woman.

I really liked this. Lots of color reproductions of O'Keeffe's paintings, including several "fold-out" double pages. Covers her early mid and late periods. This is also a book about the museum devoted to her in New Mexico, The size of the book is nice too. A bit smaller than "coffee-table" huge dimension. A book you can browse through. Can be an introduction to Georgia O'Keeffe's art and life for somebody just learning about her, or can be extra fun for a real O'Keeffe fan.

If you have any interest in Georgia O'Keeffe or the area in New Mexico where she lived, you will definitely appreciate this book. Todd Webb is an exceptional photographer. I treasure my book.