Georgia O'Keeffe: Where Art History Meets Mental Health
Each article looks at a different part of O’Keeffe’s creative journey and how they were shaped by both her mental health and her relationships.
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Here you’ll find all of my articles about Georgia O’Keeffe all about the ways in which her creative work and her mental health intersect. Each piece looks at a different part of O’Keeffe’s creative journey and how they were shaped by both her mental health and her relationships.
Art for Thought: Georgia O'Keeffe's 1918 Painting "The Flag". The Flag represented not just the usually apolitical artist's political beliefs, but her fear, anxiety, and depression, emotions which mirrored those of the country at large.
The Role That Alfred Stieglitz Played in Georgia O'Keeffe's Creativity and Mental Health. O’Keeffe and Stieglitz had a complicated relationship with one another as she effectively replaced not only his wife Emmy. O’Keeffe is quoted as saying, “he photographed me until I was crazy.”
Georgia O'Keeffe's Flowers as a Breathing Meditation for Anxiety. How painting and repainting nature might have alleviated O'Keeffe's anxiety ... plus the controversial last years of her life … and a creative drawing meditation exercise inspired by the artist.
Two Ways of Beginning a Book Chapter About Georgia O'Keeffe's Art and Mental Health. I share my original final draft of this first paragraph that I submitted to the editor/ publisher and the final final draft that ended up as the published version. I tell you what I prefer about each version and ask for your opinion.
5 Things About Georgia O'Keeffe: a car accident, stretching her own canvases, other artists in her orbit ... Plus museums dedicated to women artists (there aren't many), her sister Ida's experience with Stieglitz, and a version of Starry Night
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These two are about my own art inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe:
I love this. She’s one of my favourite artists 🩶
Love it!!!!! Thanks @Kathryn Vercillo !!!