Georgia O'Keeffe inspires artists in New Mexico.
On their way to lunch, students in Monet Korbis' second-grade class at Georgia O'Keeffe Elementary file through the hallway past the O'Keeffe-inspired murals painted by previous students. In a way, these students — who will paint murals of their own before the school year ends - are the living legacy of one of America's premier painters, a woman who found inspiration in New Mexico. "She's very much alive here at school," second-grade teacher Shelly Montoya says.
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Volunteer tour guide George Best holds a laminated copy of "The Cliff Chimneys," one of New Mexico artist Georgia O'Keeffe's best-known works. Tours of O'Keeffe country are popular in the northern New Mexico town of Abiquiu, where she lived for much of her life.
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Tourists roll past O'Keeffe's residence, eager to take a picture of the home of the famous artist. The house isn't part of the $25 tour, because it is on private property and not open to the public. But visitors can take pictures from the road beyond the fence.
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A dead cedar, which might be featured in the painting "Gerald's Tree," frames the red hills of Ghost Ranch at sunset. "Her legacy in terms of art is directly related to the refuge she found in New Mexico," says University of New Mexico associate professor of art Kirsten Buick. "Away from New York. Away from what she called the city men, as well as the regionalists. She was able to carve out a space for herself here unlike any other woman."
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