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Georgia O’Keeffe Georgia O’Keeffe was born in the late 1800’s in Wisconsin. At an early age she new she was going to be an artist. In an interview, I think she said at the age of twelve she knew that that was what she wanted to be. Even at this early age, she was very independent. In the biography we saw in class Mrs. O’Keeffe seem to be a simple woman who loved to paint. Her paintings came form her heart. At one point in the interview, she said “I see shapes in my head and I want to paint them.” She was fascinated with all kinds of shapes. She had a gift for what ever she painted. Her paintings of the city were uniquely different from all other artist. In fact all of her paintings had a distinction like no others.