Abiquiú inspired many of Georgia O'Keeffe's paintings of adobe buildings and a door.
O'Keeffe first encountered the northern New Mexico village during the 1930s, after earlier visits to the state had already transformed her artistic vocabulary. The region's dry light, cliffs, bones, churches, and adobe architecture became recurring subjects rather than occasional travel motifs.
Her best-known image from the area is often called Door/Doors, Abiquiú. The plain, dark doorway belonged to a house that O'Keeffe later acquired and restored. She repeatedly painted it because its geometric shape, weathered surface, and surrounding wall offered an unusually concentrated subject.
Abiquiú is sometimes confused with Ghost Ranch, another New Mexico place closely associated with O'Keeffe. Ghost Ranch supplied dramatic colored cliffs and broad landscapes, while Abiquiú provided the adobe house and doorway. O'Keeffe moved permanently to New Mexico in 1949 and lived at the Abiquiú house for many years.