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Georgia O’Keeffe still lifes bring the Southwest to Tacoma, Wash.

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A Georgia O’Keeffe show opens Sunday at the Tacoma Art Museum in Tacoma, Wash., that captures the Southwest through a series of still lifes. It’s the only West Coast stop for an exhibition that will be on display for three months.

“Eloquent Objects: Georgia O’Keeffe and Still-Life Art in New Mexico” showcases 22 of the artist’s paintings along with 42 artworks by her contemporaries, according to a museum statement.

The accent in O’Keeffe’s work as usual is on color and magnified subjects, such as the supersized flowers in “Yellow Cactus,” painted in 1929.

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Paintings by Stuart Davis and Marsden Hartley as well as New Mexican artists Gustave Baumann, Eliseo Rodriguez and others are featured in the exhibition.

You can coordinate your visit with a series of companion events, such as a lecture with curator Charles Eldredge at 2 p.m. March 14 and a meeting with author Agapita July Lopez, who co-wrote “Georgia O’Keeffe and Her Houses: Ghost Ranch and Abiquiu,” at 2 p.m. on April 25.

The museum is also hosting “Mother’s Day Brunch With Georgia O’Keeffe” from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 10. The menu features Southwestern fare -- an omelet station and cornbread (served with prickly pear jelly) -- and mimosas. Tickets cost $35 each and cover brunch and admission to the show.

Tickets to the exhibition cost $15 for adults, $12 for students and seniors. It ends June 7 and moves on to the Fine Arts Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., from June 27 to Sept. 13.

Info: The Tacoma Art Museum, 1701 Pacific Ave.; (253) 272-4258

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