Artwork Title: Black Iris Artist Name : Georgia O'Keeffe Media: Oils

1. Artwork Title: Black IrisArtist Name : Georgia O'KeeffeMedia: Oils Kaila

2. Description • Georgia O'Keeffe likes to paint flowers. • I can recognize the flower. • It has dark values at the bottom and lighter values at the top. • It has organic shapes and some irregular patterns in the petals • Oils were used.

3. Analysis • The focal point is the center of the flower because it’s in the center of the painting. It is different from everything on the picture because of its darkness. • The painting is symmetrically balanced and creates a sad mood. • O’Keeffe is known for making flowers bigger than what they really are. It’s unusual because sometimes she paints it to the point where it doesn’t even look the a flower, but this one does. • The petals make a pattern so that you can tell that they are petals. • My eyes go up from the center because of the way the petals are painted on the canvas.

4. Interpretation • The darkness at the bottoms helps me understand the title of the artwork. • I think that Georgia wanted to give a sad feeling because the painting is really dark and gloomy. • The work reminds me of a lot of things that I've gone through. • Sometimes things are just really sad and this painting relates to all of those say things.

5. Judgment • I feel that the whole painting was a success. I knew what the painting waswithout even looking at the title. O’Keeffewanted to draw a flower and it looks like a flower. • Things you use to critique artwork: balance, unity, colors, mood, patterns • I think that all of Georgia O’Keeffe’s art work is unique because there aren't any artists that do what she does. • I think that the paintingneeds more balance in color. It kind of goes from dark to light so quickly. There is no blend in the middle.