Georgia O'Keeffe lived and painted at Ghost Ranch in New Mexico from 1934.
O'Keeffe first visited the area in the late 1920s and began spending extended periods there. In 1934 she rented a house at Ghost Ranch, a dramatic landscape near Abiquiu characterized by cliffs, mesas, and vivid geological formations. The setting supplied subjects for many of her paintings, including views of red hills, ranch buildings, bones, and the surrounding terrain.
Ghost Ranch and O'Keeffe's Abiquiu home are related but different places. She later acquired a house in the village of Abiquiu and restored it, while Ghost Ranch remained an important seasonal residence and source of imagery. The ranch had previously been associated with the writer and rancher Arthur Newton Pack, who developed it as a retreat and educational center. O'Keeffe's paintings helped make the landscape internationally recognizable, but her art also included many subjects beyond New Mexico.