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Georgia Rises

A Day in the Life of Georgia O'Keeffe

By Lasky, Kathryn & Eitan, Ora

Publishers Summary:
Inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe’s own descriptive letters, awardwinning author Kathryn Lasky imagines a day in the life of this legendary artist at her Abiquiu, New Mexico, home. Before the first shades of lavender color the morning sky, Georgia rises – eager to walk the rust red hills and discover images that she will later paint: a bone glowing white, the black wings of a raven against the gray sky, a slice of silver moon. This fresh, imaginative approach, combined with Ora Eitan’s spare, evocative paintings, invites readers into Georgia’s world, revealing how this artist’s creative process is affected by the natural world and small moments of daily life. A biographical overview of O’Keeffe’s life, along with a reproduction of one of her paintings, extends this most unusual portrait of a beloved American artist.

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ISBN
978-0-37432-529-9
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on June 1, 2009

Gr 2-4 Lasky and Eitan imagine a day in O'Keeffe's life when her home was an adobe ranch in New Mexico. The text builds slowly, matching pace with the elderly woman waking in the predawn, stretching, savoring the smell of sagebrush, and arranging black stones in the courtyard before stepping into the desert to paint. The palette changes as time passes, from deep blues and blacks through gray-greens to the lavender that was the purpose of the artist's rising. Viewers see her figure framed by window openings from various distances unti...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Guide

Reviewed on January 1, 2009

Following Georgia O'Keeffe's daily routine, Lasky's precisely observed narrative describes details of the artist's life and work during he...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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