What nickname did Georgia O'Keeffe give the New Mexico ranch landscape near Abiquiú?

Georgia O'Keeffe called the pale cliffs and eroded landscape near Abiquiú “The White Place.” The site, known locally as Plaza Blanca, became one of her recurring New Mexico subjects.

O'Keeffe first saw the area while traveling through northern New Mexico and was drawn to its stark white rock formations. She painted and drew the cliffs repeatedly, isolating their shapes and emphasizing the contrast between pale stone, deep shadows, and the open sky.

The White Place is often confused with The Black Place, another New Mexico landscape that O'Keeffe painted frequently. The Black Place was a darker, more distant formation near Ghost Ranch. Ghost Ranch itself was a separate landscape and residence area, not the nickname “The White Place.” Both locations contributed to O'Keeffe's visual vocabulary of simplified geological forms.