Ghost Ranch supplied Georgia O'Keeffe with many paintings of cliffs and desert forms.
The retreat lies near Abiquiú in northern New Mexico, amid dramatic red and yellow cliffs, dry plains, and eroded formations. O'Keeffe began visiting the area in the 1930s and used its landscape as a major source of subjects.
Works associated with Ghost Ranch include paintings of the Pedernal, a flat-topped mountain visible from the area. O'Keeffe once said the mountain was her private mountain and that God told her she could paint it if she did so often enough.
Ghost Ranch and Abiquiú are related but not identical places. Ghost Ranch was a landscape and seasonal base, while the Abiquiú house became O'Keeffe's permanent home and studio. The Ghost Ranch property is now an education and retreat center operated by the Presbyterian Church.