Georgia (Tripp)

Book Reviews
As magical and provocative as O’Keeffe’s lush paintings of flowers that upended the art world in the 1920s.... [Dawn] Tripp inhabits Georgia’s psyche so deeply that the reader can practically feel the paintbrush in hand as she creates her abstract paintings and New Mexico landscapes.... Evocative from the first page to the last, Tripp’s Georgia is a romantic yet realistic exploration of the sacrifices one of the foremost artists of the twentieth century made for love.
USA Today


Masterful.... The book is a lovely portrayal of an iconic artist who is independent and multidimensional. Tripp’s O’Keeffe is a woman hoping to break free of conventional definitions of art, life and gender, as well as a woman of deep passion and love.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
 

Georgia is a uniquely American chronicle...and, in the end, a book about a talent so fierce it crushed pretty much everything in its path—a rare story of artistic triumph.... Tripp expertly makes drama of two traditional themes in the O’Keeffe story—the romance with Stieglitz and the development of her art—but it’s the track about her art and his management of it and her struggle not to be dominated by him that makes her novel compelling.... In most first-person novels, the character talks to you. Here, she recollects with you—in her heart as well as her head. Which is to say that Dawn Tripp writes in much the same way as O’Keeffe painted: in vivid color and subtle shade.
Huffington Post
 

(Starred review.) [A] tour de force.... [Readers] will feel the passion that infused [Georgia O'Keefe's] work and love life that emboldened her canvases.... Tripp has hit her stride here, bringing to life one of the most remarkable artists of the twentieth century with veracity, heart, and panache.
Publishers Weekly


Tripp's writing is romantic, poetic, and flows as smoothly as her artist subject's brushstrokes.... However, the trouble with biographical novels is where the author's vision and history collide. Tripp's language and the dreamy feeling it evokes at times feels at odds with a relationship so tempestuous and flawed from its start. —Leigh Wright, Bridgewater, NJ
Library Journal


[A] powerful interpretation of [O’Keeffe’s] personal growth throughout her relationship with Stieglitz. As vibrant and colorful as one would hope for a story about this beloved artist.
Booklist