Pink Ornamental Banana Print, Georgia O’Keeffe Floral Art

The artwork shows a banana plant detail with a pink stem and bud, a pale opening flower, a green leaf, and a lavender-pink ground. It feels botanical, but the composition is simplified enough to sit with modern art.

About Georgia O’Keeffe

From the late 1940s O’Keeffe lived in New Mexico, where desert hills, bones and wide skies filled her paintings. Her smooth colour gradients and simple forms suit calm, uncluttered interiors. Botanical illustration combined scientific accuracy with fine artistry long before photography. Modernist art broke with tradition in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, experimenting with colour, form and abstraction.

Styling this Georgia O’Keeffe print

Green, pink and purple tones give this Georgia O’Keeffe print a moody character that holds a room. In a bedroom or living room, “Pink Ornamental Banana” becomes a statement piece at 24×36″, while 11×14″ or 12×18″ fits shelves, desks and gallery walls. The green, pink and purple palette of “Pink Ornamental Banana” sits beautifully with houseplants, terracotta and cream textiles; finish it with a simple black or oak frame. For a gallery wall, pair “Pink Ornamental Banana” with two or three smaller prints, spaced 2–3 inches (5–8 cm) apart.

At a glance

• Type: Georgia O’Keeffe print
• Artist: Georgia O’Keeffe
• Style: Botanical illustration, Modernism
• Colours: green, pink and purple
• Mood: moody
• Subject: Flowers
• Collections: Georgia O’Keeffe Posters, Botanical Prints, Modernist Art Prints