She was bold and different—and so was her art. The soft and subtle Blue Hill No. 1, an early example of Georgia O’Keeffe’s distinctive “voice,” marks a turning point in the career of this esteemed modern artist. Inspired by the hills of the Blue Ridge Mountains near the University of Virginia, where she taught in 1916, O’Keeffe moved away from representing or copying what she saw to conveying the feeling she experienced. She simplified forms, and her works became more abstract, as seen in this watercolor. Later, she applied her unique vision to paintings of flowers, New York City skyscrapers, and New Mexico landscapes.