Timeless Blooms - Georgia O'Keeffe

 White Trumpet Flower 1932

Jack In Pulpit 1933

Black Iris No.2 1936

Cow's Skull With Calico Roses 1931

Yellow Hickory Leaves With Daisy 1928

Light Iris 1924

Iris 1929 (Dark Iris 2 1929)

Georgia O’Keeffe, “Blue Flower” (1918). Via NY Times.

Red Canna 1923

It seems Georgia O'Keeffe found freedom in ignoring convention, and art and life. Her desire for freedom in her life was reflected in her paintings, just as Georgia rejected the constraints of restrictive fashions.

Her word is energetic and sensual on with predominantly floral subject matter on a grad scale.

In 1916, she first drew the attention of the New York art community in 1916 and within the next 10 years she had distinguished herself as one of America's most important modern artists.

On why O'Keeffe painted flowers: "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...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 - I will make even busy New Yorkers take time to see what I see of flowers."

She lived to the ripe old age of 98 leaving a legacy of over 900 paintings, watercolours & drawings.


Georgia O'Keeffe was driven to paint from an early age.  After we are through school," she told her classmates, "I am going to give up everything for my art. I am going to live a different kind of life from the rest of you girls."

Sources - New York Times and Wikipedia


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New Work by Shannon Crees

I've posted some of Shannon's work before, but she keeps coming up with new work. My husband photographs the work, so she can create limited edition art prints, which are available through her gallery, or you can buy the originals. I have one of her painting and they are just exquisite "in person". 

Shannon's background training and life experience is in fashion, painting, illustration and grafitti and she blends them to create something magical. Currently Shannon is also working as an illustrator is collaboration with Blossom to create a digital charactor illustration for one of my clients. She is creating the character in pencil and I am creating the digital version of the lady once she is visualised. A bit like colouring in, but an art in itself. It's an exciting project and quite different for Blossom.

 

Above - The lovely Shannon Crees in her studio.

All work above ©2011 Shannon Crees.

To purchase Shannon's work or view the others, go to her site at shannoncrees.com

Shannon Crees: Artist

I have a beautiful painting on my wall by an artist called Shannon Crees, who's work I love completely. I have linked to some of her work and her site, which is definitely worth a look. 

You can purchase Shannon Crees work online or visit her site for more details.