Red is for poppies growing
wild in the breeze of a Texas spring day.
Here in central Texas red poppies
can grow naturally along highways, in vacant lots,
parks, and the gardens or yards of individuals.
In 1995 the US Post Office commemorated the founding of the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, NM, with a postage stamp featuring Georgia O'Keeffe's famous painting, Red Poppy, 1927. My talented friend, Kay, sent me the above little work of art that year for my birthday. It is a set of the stamps framed by a quote from O'Keeffe that Kay uniquely penned and embellished:
Nobody sees a flower
Really.
It is so small.
We haven't time,
And to see takes time.
Like to have a friend
Takes time.
~Georgia O'Keeffe~
In 1927 Georgia O'Keefee, being a pioneer in the Modernist Movement, used a unique approach to paint flowers. She wanted to paint what was in her mind's eye and in her heart. Her series of flower paintings are much like photographs that have been cropped to show close up details.
If you take a flower in your hand
and really look at it,
It's your world for the moment.
~ Georgia O'Keeffe~
The Georgia O'Keefee Museum opened to the public in 1997. It is the only museum in the world dedicated to an internationally known American woman artist. With a collection of over 3,000 of O'Keefee's works, this jewel of a museum is a must see for those who appreciate this legendary artist. Currently one can view a special exhibit entitled, Georgia O'Keefee: Abstraction. This exhibit runs May 28 - September 12, 2010. After seeing the exhibit, I picked this little bouquet of poppies in the museum gift shop. They are actually writing pens.
One stayed behind with my hostess
for the guest book in her Santa Fe casa.
The others came home with me
to be given as party favors sometime in the future.
I'm thinking ~ perhaps a poppy themed tablescape?
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