Which Texas canyon inspired Georgia O'Keeffe while she taught in Canyon from 1916 to 1918?

Palo Duro Canyon inspired Georgia O'Keeffe while she taught in Canyon, Texas, from 1916 to 1918. The vast canyon became an important early landscape subject in her developing work.

O'Keeffe taught art at West Texas State Normal College, now West Texas A&M University. Palo Duro Canyon lies near Canyon and is known for its colorful rock layers, dramatic cliffs, and immense scale. She made paintings and drawings based on the landscape during this period.

Palo Duro is sometimes overshadowed by O'Keeffe's later New Mexico subjects, especially the landscapes around Abiquiú and Ghost Ranch. Those later places became more central to her mature identity, but the Texas canyon helped establish her interest in enlarged natural forms, strong contours, and wide-open Southwestern space.