Flowers in the desert: Sensuality and color fuse with natureThe paintings by the American artist Georgia O Keeffe (1887 1986) enthrall us with their expressive color and latent sensuality. Famous for her iconic paintings of calla lilies and irises seen in magnified close-up, O Keeffe painted not only flowers but also atmospheric images of Manhattan skyscrapers, sweeping desert landscapes and poetic, semi-abstract compositions akin to the color field painting of the 1950s and 60s. O Keeffe s great popularity and her outstanding position in American art are rooted not just in her pictures, but...