Georgia O'Keeffe's Hawai'i

New book co-authored by our store founder Patricia Jennings!

For three months in 1939, Georgia O’Keeffe visited Hawai‘i and painted the Islands’ tropical plants and landscapes, capturing their essence and beauty. During two weeks on Maui, 12-year-old Patricia Jennings served as O’Keeffe’s guide and companion, showing her the lush valleys and hills of Wailuku and the plunging waterfalls, lava bridges, and black-sand beaches of Hāna. The bond forged between the Hawai‘i preteen and the American icon lasted a lifetime, and O’Keeffe’s letters and paintings give us a view of the Islands through the lens of the great American artist.