Ghost Ranch was the New Mexico landscape Georgia O'Keeffe began painting in the 1930s.
O'Keeffe discovered the area north of Abiquiú during her New Mexico travels and found its vivid cliffs and geological forms especially compelling. She painted the region repeatedly, including views of its red and yellow hills. The landscape became one of the defining subjects of her mature work.
Ghost Ranch is a retreat and education center in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. Its dramatic formations lie within the larger landscape that O'Keeffe explored on foot and by car. She often isolated a small section of scenery rather than presenting a conventional panoramic view.
Ghost Ranch is not the same place as O'Keeffe's Abiquiú house. She lived at Abiquiú, while Ghost Ranch was a nearby landscape and working destination. The two names are frequently linked because both helped shape the visual identity associated with her New Mexico paintings.