Blue-01 1916

This is Georgia O'Keeffe's "Blue-01," a watercolor piece housed here at the Brooklyn Museum. The cool, muted tones, primarily blues and grays, give it a dreamy, almost ethereal quality. You know, O'Keeffe was all about exploring the essence of things through her art, and this piece feels like a study in form and color, a real process of discovery on paper. The paint is applied in washes, thin and transparent, letting the white of the paper peek through, adding to that light, airy feel. Look at how the shapes kind of bleed into each other, creating these soft, undefined edges. There's a particular area, near the bottom left, where a few diagonal lines intersect with a softer, circular form. It's like she's playing with geometry and organic shapes, seeing how they interact and push against each other. It reminds me a little of Arthur Dove's abstract landscapes, but with O'Keeffe's own distinct touch. Ultimately, it's about seeing and feeling, not just representing.