Ram's Head, White Hollyhock-Hills 1935

Georgia O’Keeffe made "Ram's Head, White Hollyhock-Hills" with oil paint and a big ol’ sense of experimentation. It's like she's mixing life and death, tough bones and soft petals, all in one breath. Look at the way the paint’s laid down. It’s smooth, almost like she's caressing the canvas. The colors bleed into each other, soft blues and grays in the sky, earthy reds and browns in the hills. But then, bam, there's that skull, bleached white, stark against the backdrop. It's like a ghost, but also solid, real. And that flower, a little burst of yellow, growing right out of the skull – what a gesture! O’Keeffe has this way of making things feel monumental, even when they're small. Think of Agnes Martin’s work, that similar sense of vastness and minimalism. "Ram's Head" isn't just a painting; it's a meditation on the cycle of life, the beauty of decay, and the endless possibilities of art. It's all about keeping the conversation going.