The Rebellious Curator

Abstraction - White Rose by Georgia O'Keeffe 1927

American artist Georgia O'Keeffe became famous for her paintings of large close-up flowers. She painted them so large, they look more like abstract shapes. 

"Nobody sees a flower really, it is so small. We haven't time - and to see takes time..So I said to myself: I'll paint what I see - what the flower is to me..and I'll make even busy New Yorkers take time to see how I see a flower."

- Georgia O'Keeffe