![Georgia O'Keeffe - Poppies [1950]](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7554/15923163275_c3d446317d_o.jpg)
In her treatment of form, O’Keeffe hovered tantalisingly between representation and abstraction throughout her long career. Flower paintings such as this became perhaps the best-known of her signature images. Set against the clear blue Southwestern sky, these over-scale poppies seductively reveal their inner beauty and proclaim themselves a generative force of nature.
[Milwaukee Art Museum - Oil on canvas, 91.44 x 76.2 cm]