This film was the first and only film about the life of Georgia O'Keeffe to be given permission from the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum and Foundation to film in her actual Ghost Ranch home and studio in Abiquiu, New Mexico.
On November 15th, Joan Allen threw a birthday party for Georgia O'Keeffe at her house in Santa Fe for the cast and producers and crew and even had a birthday cake with candles. The next day was the first day of principal photography.
For years in the early 1990s Michelle Pfeiffer was attached to her own Georgia O'Keefe project with her then production company Via Rose Productions.
Georgia O'Keeffe was right handed and the actress who portrayed her (Joan Allen) was left handed.
After an extensive screenplay vetting process for historical accuracy, orchestrated by Maurer, Witlin and Allen, and after years of careful and sensitive negotiations and meetings in which they collaborated closely with the curator of the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum and Foundation, the film received the blessing of the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum and Foundation to portray almost 100 of her paintings, drawings and water colors. No film before or since has ever been granted this level of access.