Georgia O'Keeffe used the name Ghost Ranch for a ranch near Abiquiú, New Mexico.
Ghost Ranch is a dramatic landscape in northern New Mexico, known for colored cliffs, mesas, and broad desert views. O'Keeffe began visiting the area in the 1930s and repeatedly painted its formations, including the cliffs and hills around the ranch.
The ranch was also known as Rancho de los Brujos, or “Ranch of the Witches,” before it became associated with its modern name. O'Keeffe did not own Ghost Ranch, but she maintained a home and studio nearby at Abiquiú and regarded the surrounding landscape as central to her work.
Ghost Ranch is often confused with the separate Black Place, another New Mexico landscape O'Keeffe painted. Both locations were important to her, but Ghost Ranch is the ranch and retreat identified with the northern New Mexico site.