Georgia+O'Keefe

Georgia O'Keefe was an artist who lived to be 98 years old. She was very perserverant, and very independent so she was alone most of the time. She liked to paint landscapes and other people.

Georgia O'Keefe exemplified perserverance by being independent, by sticking to what she loved,and also that she kept painting when she lost central vision and was left with only periphral vision.

She was very independant because she wore what she wanted to wear and not the ruffly dresses like all the others girls wore. She also painted very abstract things like flowers in front of a mountain and a bulls skull. Another way she was independent was because she liked to be alone; she did all of her paintings alone and didnt marry until late in her life.

She stuck to what she loved. Even though people discouraged her and she even quit painting for a while but she went back to painting after a while, and won an award for a painting. While she stopped painting she moved to New Mexico and got married. Her husband died soon after they married, O'Keefe never remarried.

= = O'Keefe lost her central vision later in life and was left with only peripheral vision. She still painted with assistance but never alone. She coudnt see straight... literally. Peripheral vision is when you can see only with the sides of your eyes.

As you can see Georgia O'Keefe was very perserverant.

References:

Humphrey, S. M. (2005). //Dare to dream!: 25 extraordianary lives//. (pp. 38-40). New York,NY: Prometheus Books. Stewart, P. (2011). O'keefe,georgia. In //Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia// Grolier Online 2011. Retrieved from []

Wikipedia. (2011, October 20). //Georia o'keefe//. Retrieved from []  O'Keeffe, G. (Artist). (2010). //American modernism//. [Print Photo]. Retrieved from http://web.ebscohost.com/srck5/detail?vid=4&hid=9&sid=f1d9c7a0-74ed-450d-aa31-5e6e65504148@sessionmgr12&bdata=JnNpdGU9c3JjazUtbGl2ZQ==