"'When I got to New Mexico, that was mine. As soon as I saw it, that was my country. I'd never seen anything like it before, but it fitted to me exactly. It's something that's in the air, it's just different. The sky is different, the stars are different, the wind is different.' That landscape was her enduring love and her legacy, painted over and over in vibrant hues, under scudding clouds and pale blue skies."
"She was married to Alfred Stieglitz, the photographer and gallerist who first exhibited her paintings, and who became increasingly controlling of her career as her reputation grew. And she was tired of New York's male-dominated art world, where critics often sexualised both her and her work. At her home in Taos, Luhan offered O'Keeffe greater independence in life and art. O'Keeffe soon began dividing her time between New Mexico and New York."
Georgia O'Keeffe fell in love with the New Mexico desert, describing its sky, stars and wind as different and claiming the landscape as hers. She painted the landscape repeatedly in vibrant hues beneath scudding clouds and pale blue skies. By 1929 she began visiting New Mexico at Mabel Dodge Luhan's behest and later split her time between New Mexico and New York. She was married to Alfred Stieglitz, who first exhibited her work and later exerted growing control over her career. Tired of New York's male-dominated art world and sexualising critics, she settled permanently in New Mexico after Stieglitz's 1949 death and had her ashes scattered on Cerro Pedernal, which she called 'my private mountain.' Puebloan people use the Tewa name Tsip'in for Cerro Pedernal, reflecting longstanding Indigenous ties to the land.
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