I know I can not paint a flower, I can not paint the sun on the desert…

Georgia O'Keeffe
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I know I can not paint a flower, I can not paint the sun on the desert on a bright summer morning but maybe in terms of paint colour I can convey to you my experience of the flower or the experience that makes the flower of significance to me at that particular time. ✨ Britta Benke, Georgia O'Keeffe (2000). O'Keeffe
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