Pomegranate publications, 12 paintings, 30.7 cms x 33 cms, condition: new.
Bold in color and composition but with a remarkable, sensual sensitivity, Georgia O'Keeffe's flower paintings stunned critics and the public alike. A pioneer of Modernism, she walked her own path in the art world, making noteworthy and influential progress without sounding any great fanfare of her own. Experimenting with abstraction and colour, she created a style that is as original as it is powerful. O'Keeffe lived to be 98 years old and completed over 2,000 worksan oeuvre that has forever left its stamp on American art. Twelve of her striking depictions of flora are showcased in this calendar.
I was bowled over by the size and quality of this calendar when it arrived. Its size is so generous and the vibrancy and variety of the colours in the prints are top notch. The half of each two-page spread that shows the days of the month is elegant and not crowded with information, letting which leaves you plenty of space to write in your own schedule and notables. The calendar does have all the important days of the year specified, and the information on each O'Keeffe painting conforms to gallery/museum norms. The paper has a nice gloss to it and if you write things on the calendar part, then those markings do not show through on the next month's picture, which to me means the paper passes the basic test of thickness.
O'Keeffe's paintings are the perfect subject matter for a calendar because they counterbalance all the burdensome bits of your schedule that you may have had to write on the monthly layout below, and because they greatly reward prolonged and repeated viewing. This particular selection of O'Keeffe paintings has also been a pleasant surprise given the low cost; there are maybe only one or two paintings that I don't absolutely adore in this collection, very few paintings that have become over-shown as the go-to 'iconic' O'Keeffe paintings, and it was so welcome to see bright pink and green for the month of February -- so great that they were not feeling they needed to slavishly stick to winter colours during winter months.
STILL IN PLASTIC WRAP
- Track important events like birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, and other special occasions so you dont forget.
- Keep up with activities such as meetings, dates, appointments, and deadlines.
- Organize work projects and tasks to stay on track throughout the year.
- Jot down ideas and keep a running to do list of things you want to accomplish.
- Set reminders for yourself to motivate yourself to reach your goals.
