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 18, 1917
Wednesday, Jan 18, 2017
Noon -
as I walk along I am amazed how each minute marking on every object is clearly shown - tree bark is as if just created; windows in houses glare; It comes from below; nails & nail marks seem to be visible for a great distance - Houses have appeared of being amazed or angry.; each one is a new sight; fierce jagged icicles at roof edge; snow roofs against the sky - thus we see bare spots on roofs as strange isolated patterns; a big we wind out of SW; a fine snow, it blows from roofs; at times base of building us lost; it is a day on which we see sparrows in swooping flight & hear coal being put in cellars; - sour yellows & browns come out intensely on houses, all markings on snow are grey; the sky is yellow grey; distant object seem to huddle with a blurred edge - Cracks & grain in wood very distinct.
Charles Burchfield, January 18, 1917