This beautiful depiction of puffy white clouds, seen from above in aeroplane view, was painted by the inimitable American modernist, and doyenne of colour, Georgia O’Keeffe in 1962. For some weekend reading, check out Holly Black’s investigation into O’Keeffe’s meticulous use of, and experimentation with, oil paint, as featured in Elephant’s latest issue. O’Keeffe’s precise approach allowed her to achieve the exact opacity, shade and tint she required, time and time again, and proved vital to her practice—as Dale Kronkright, head of conservation at the O’Keeffe museum explains to Black—because “knowing exactly how her materials were going to behave freed her in terms of subject matter and composition”. Discover more here.
