"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom. I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients." Gustave Courbet

30 March 2011

Dream.


...that memory or dream thing I do that for me comes nearer reality than my objective kind of work. I see no reason for painting anything that can be put into any other form as well
- Georgia O'Keeffe

O'Keeffe, Untitled Drawing (study for Black Place), 1944


O'Keeffe, Black Place I, 1944


O'Keeffe, Black Place I, 1945


… the black hills—black and grey and silver with arroyos of white sand curving around them—pink and white strata running through them. They flow downward, one below the next. Incredible stillness!
- Georgia O’Keeffe

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