I discovered Georgia O'Keeffe soon after I left the PCL.
In the very last scene of a documentary movie, an old woman climbs a ladder all the way to the top of her house. I was impressed by the strength and charisma of such an old woman and decided to find out more about her.
I learnt she was partly Hungarian, but what is more important I absolutely loved how her career came about, the way she made her choices, how she chose her men, how she made situations awkward for herself, painting away when it wasn't a womanly thing to do.
I'd read her diary where she writes so eloquently about Taos, Black Place and so on - I saw it all in colour. This was before I'd been to America, so all my knowledge of the country came from Technicolour movies. I made the series in 1982.
size of vintage C-type originals: 16" x 20"
size of archival pigment prints: 20" x 24"