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Georgia O'Keeffe was born in 1887, near Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. Her mother encouraged O'Keeffe to practice art from a young age. The family of O'Keeffe believed in female education, so O'Keeffe was given the opportunity to attend the School of the Art Institute of Chicago from 1905-1906.

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Georgia O'Keeffe attended the Art Students League in New York and visited popular European art exhibits. The art exhibits were the first form of exposure to European art for O'Keeffe. In 1915, O'Keeffe taught at Columbia College and focused on natural art, mainly by Arthur Wesley Dow. O'Keeffe sent the abstract drawings to her friend, Anita Pollitzer, who showed the drawings to Alfred Stieglitz, an important modernist photographer. Stieglitz allowed for O'Keeffe to enter and be taken seriously in the world of modern art. Stieglitz worked to promote O'Keeffe and asserted that women could create art equal to the art created by men. O'Keeffe would not be the world-renowned artist she is today without the help of Stieglitz.

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O'Keeffe (1887-1986) contributed to American art for over seven decades. In the 1900's, American Modernism, Abstract Expressionism, and Surrealism were present. American Modernism is a movement interpreting the changes in culture and attempting to represent the new realities of the modern age. Abstract Expressionism is the use of abstraction to convey emotional connections or content. Abstract Expressionism uses untraditional practices and materials when creating the artwork. Surrealism is a psychological art, attempting to express the similarities between dreams and reality through illogical scenes formed from everyday objects. Although O'Keeffe belongs to the American Modernism style of art, she remained independent and continued to create abstract depictions of nature, despite the changing art trends.

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American Modernism connected art to the culturally and socially diverse community the United States had become. Modernist art celebrates technology and the urban lifestyle of American people. The style of Modernist art allowed for interpretation, which aided in the formation of the American identity. Modernism is not one specific style and allows for original, abstract art to be created. American Modernism is an important style of art because it was the source of the American identity. Also, many significant styles of art branched off of Modernism, including artwork driven by feminism. O'Keeffe greatly affected American Modernism through her original, but steadfast, style of artwork. O'Keeffe was one of the first successful women artists and struggled to not be held back because of her gender.

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Petunia No. 2 was one of O'Keeffe's first large-scale flower paintings. The painting is depicting a close-up petunia with a detailed anatomy. In Petunia No. 2, O'Keeffe enlarges the flower to emphasize the shape and color of the flower. O'Keeffe believed that people didn't take the time to really look and enjoy flowers. She painted flowers extremely large in order to allow people to see the flowers as she saw them.

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O'Keeffe painted Sky Above Clouds IV to demonstrate her view of the world after many travels. The painting is an aerial view of the sky, as seen from an airplane, with many clouds and a distant horizon line. Sky Above Clouds IV is 24 feet wide because O'Keeffe felt that the painting needed a canvas that large to capture the brilliance of the scene. O'Keeffe painted incredible sights and feelings in an attempt to share the experiences with others.

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The White Flower is a painting of a white trumpet flower O'Keeffe discovered in New Mexico. The painting focuses on a large flower with a few leaves in the background, which add depth to the painting. O'Keeffe has an amazing ability to capture beauty in something often unnoticed and unappreciated. The White Flower is distinct due to the folding and texture present on each petal. O'Keeffe uses abstract elements to allow the audience to see things in her flowers that even she did not see originally.

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Nature Symbolized No. 2 was created by Arthur Dove in 1911. Arthur Dove, like O'Keeffe, painted abstract paintings based on natural elements. O'Keeffe focused on enlarging the natural aspects and sharing the beauty as she saw it, whereas Dove captured the spiritual aspects of nature that are not seen by the human eye. Nature Symbolized No. 2 represents growth and the movements in nature, such as wind blowing through greens. The painting is composed of abstract organic forms and spiral shapes that show the movement within the painting.

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