Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Birds over Field, ca. 1920; watercolor on paper, 19 1/4 x 29 3/4 inches; Image from the Burchfield Penney Art Center Archives
Charles Burchfield, Journals, March 26, 1917
Thursday, Mar 26, 2020
At afterglow time To Bentley’s – Pipers – woods + frogs in the glassy ponds – In the twilight woods – a leaf whistle – a bird flies up at my foot unseen – a stray wind in the trees – I heard the stream coming out of gray void – Hoary ghostly fields – wet soggy turf. A star low in the east – I dreamt of sunflowers last night –"
Charles Burchfield, March 26, 1917