Ghost Ranch was Georgia O'Keeffe's New Mexico ranch home famous for its red hills. The property lies near Abiquiú in north-central New Mexico and became one of the most recognizable settings in her work.
O'Keeffe first visited the area in 1934 and began spending extended periods there. She purchased a house on the Ghost Ranch property in 1940, using it as a retreat and studio while continuing to maintain ties to New York.
The surrounding landscape offered dramatic cliffs, layered mesas, and vivid color contrasts. O'Keeffe painted nearby formations repeatedly, but she did not treat the landscape as interchangeable scenery; individual hills and paths became recurring visual subjects.
Ghost Ranch is distinct from O'Keeffe's house in the village of Abiquiú. She later acquired and restored the Abiquiú property, which became her principal home and studio after her permanent move to New Mexico.