Ghost Ranch became a major New Mexico subject in Georgia O'Keeffe's paintings.
O'Keeffe first visited the area in 1934 and began spending summers there from 1936. The ranch lies near Abiquiú in northern New Mexico, amid dramatic cliffs, mesas, and red-rock formations. Its stark geology supplied motifs for works such as paintings of the cliffs known as the Pedernal and the ranch's surrounding landscape.
The property had earlier associations with cattle ranching and the Wirt family, and it later became a retreat and education center connected with the Presbyterian Church. O'Keeffe rented a house at Ghost Ranch before acquiring a separate home in the nearby village of Abiquiú.
Ghost Ranch and Abiquiú are therefore related but not interchangeable answers. Ghost Ranch is the wider landscape and ranch property; Abiquiú is the village where O'Keeffe later maintained a home.