Artist Spotlight: Georgia O'Keeffe in our Life Cycle of a Pineapple Life Cycle Study:

Georgia O'Keeffe was born November 15, 1887 and grew up on a farm near Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. Learn more about Wisconsin with our Wisconsin Adventure Unit Study. Her abstract paintings where first exhibited in New York City in 1916.

She traveled to Hawaii in 1939 to paint the pineapple for Dole, the pineapple company. She toured many of the Islands and painted lots of other beautiful things she saw there, before she finally painted the pineapple. Learn more about Hawaii with our Hawaiian Adventures.

Georgia O’Keeffe died in Santa Fe on March 6, 1986, at the age of 98. As an artist of national standing, Georgia O’Keeffe has been well known in America for many decades.

Books to Read about her:

• Georgia in Hawaii: When Georgia O’Keeffe Painted What She Pleased! by Amy Novesky

• Georgia O’Keeffe by Mike Venezia

• My Name Is Georgia by Jeanette Winter

• Georgia O'Keeffe by Maria Isabel Sanchez

Today we will be looking at one art piece from her, the "Pineapple Bud" that she painted with oils on canvas in 1939.

Read the book, "Georgia in Hawaii" to learn more about why this artist went to Hawaii to paint and what happened there, and then color the Artist Spotlight Coloring Page included in our unit study.

Discussion Questions:

• What did Georgia Paint?

• Why did she not want to paint what the company wanted her too?

• What do you like most about Georgia and her artistic adventures in Hawaii?

• If you were asked to paint a pineapple, how would you paint it?

• In your art today, be inspired by this very interesting story about Georgia and the pineapple.

• Enjoy our collection of real life photos of different growth stages of the pineapple, as well as our life cycle poster and cards.