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Week 3 Assignment: Art Creation & Reflection – Sculpture, Painting, or Drawing
Faith Yi
Chamberlain College of Nursing
Professor John Isenhour
HUMN303N-10222
23 January 2022
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, For this week's assignment, I have chosen to write about Rust Red Hills by Georgia
O’Keeffe. Georgia O’Keeffe was one of the first artists to represent the landscapes of the
American Southwest. She “found the American West to be a refreshing environment after living
for years in New York. The Rust Red Hills is a study of hills that fascinated her near her home in
Abiqui, New Mexico, where she painted many landscapes such as this” (Martin 2018). The
painting is a perfect example of O’Keeffe’s use of abstraction and stylization. She developed a
unique and personal style of abstract painting that looks very close to the original figuration. This
piece of art stood out to be because of the variety of colors, contrast and details made the hills
look like they’re rolling across the dessert.
Georgia O’Keeffe has a modernist approach when it came to her art. Prior to the twentieth
century, “Western art was preoccupied with representational or realistic goals, with artists
striving to transcribe the scenes or subjects before them. Modern artists sought instead to present
in their works interpretive views that commented as much on the artists’ individual identities as
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Week 3 Assignment: Art Creation & Reflection – Sculpture, Painting, or Drawing
Faith Yi
Chamberlain College of Nursing
Professor John Isenhour
HUMN303N-10222
23 January 2022
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https://www.coursehero.com/file/126703348/Week-3-Assignment-Art-Creationdocx/
, For this week's assignment, I have chosen to write about Rust Red Hills by Georgia
O’Keeffe. Georgia O’Keeffe was one of the first artists to represent the landscapes of the
American Southwest. She “found the American West to be a refreshing environment after living
for years in New York. The Rust Red Hills is a study of hills that fascinated her near her home in
Abiqui, New Mexico, where she painted many landscapes such as this” (Martin 2018). The
painting is a perfect example of O’Keeffe’s use of abstraction and stylization. She developed a
unique and personal style of abstract painting that looks very close to the original figuration. This
piece of art stood out to be because of the variety of colors, contrast and details made the hills
look like they’re rolling across the dessert.
Georgia O’Keeffe has a modernist approach when it came to her art. Prior to the twentieth
century, “Western art was preoccupied with representational or realistic goals, with artists
striving to transcribe the scenes or subjects before them. Modern artists sought instead to present
in their works interpretive views that commented as much on the artists’ individual identities as
This study source was downloaded by 100000839739811 from CourseHero.com on 03-22-2022 00:58:51 GMT -05:00
https://www.coursehero.com/file/126703348/Week-3-Assignment-Art-Creationdocx/
