Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Snow Patterns, 1920; watercolor on paper, 15 1/2 x 31 1/4 inches
Burchfield Penney Art Center, Purchased with funds donated by Carol & John Kociela, Anthony Bannon & Elizabeth Stewart, Laurie Brosnahan, Robert M. & Mary Ann Budin, Adrian F. Dedecker III & Clotilde P. Dedecker, Eugene L. Gaier, Peter J. Heffley, William J. & Linda Maggio, Carolyn Morris-Hunt & Timothy Hunt, Scott Propeack & Heidi Freedman, Zack Schneider & Vogt Family Foundation, Rachel & Scott Stenclik, Peter Vukelic, and Nancy Weekly, 2015
Sunlight streams from out of the glowing white South, over windswept plains spotted with glistening willows and buttonwoods, and strikes the big blocky buildings full on their sides. The blood commences to leap and trees have the sap weather look –
Charles E. Burchfield, January 8, 1922