Beautiful Natural Forms In Georgia O Keeffe's Poppy

Georgia O’Keeffe, an American modernist born in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, often formed abstract paintings consuming beautiful natural forms of nature. This oil on canvas painting, completed in 1927 was one of her many famous pieces. In “Poppy” she consumes the entire canvas with indulgent, fluctuated, structures completed with inflorescent reds and blacks. The use of negative space leaves the impression that this particular form is floating in an undefined space, However, the use of these forms evoke but never fully describe the natural forms of a poppy.

When examining “Poppy”, 1927 by Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986). This Oil on canvas painting explores the dimensions’ and values of the bright beautiful herbaceous plant. Georgia O’Keeffe distended this picture to capture the attention of luminous red petals exposing the dim velvety center. O’Keeffe adds a undefined off white background with a blue accent streaming along the edge of the top of the textured petal in hopes of emphasizing the poppy and bringing the attention to the lively blossom that is centering the canvas.

O’Keeffe glorifies a single papaver somniferm or “poppy” by broadening the image and leaving very little Negative space. She defines the lines of her image and portions out the poppy using different shades of red melting down to a dark center. Georgia O’Keeffe enhances the curves of the petals through different hues and emphasizes the flower by leaving very little negative space at the top of the canvas. O’Keeffe uses an off-white background followed by a light blue color running along part of the flower in which emphasizes along with magnifies her main