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
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, January 14, 1920
Tuesday, Jan 14, 2014
The January gale is abroad again today – at noon the sun shines from a cold blue sky; icy roofs glow like rectangular suns; here and there a bit of ice left on the trees shines like a star –
The whistles roaring are far away. How the wind tears smoke away from chimneys – it dares not know where to go –
Charles E. Burchfield, January 14, 1920