Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Landscape with Orange Sun, 1916; Watercolor, gouache and graphite on paper, 16 x 13 9/10 inches; Image from the Burchfield Penney Archives
Charles Burchfield, Journals, January 11, 1915
Thursday, Jan 18, 2018
My view of Nature now is like seeing sunlight thru a board fence: here and there we see a flash of sunlight thru an unwary crack. I do not begrudge these years. I am now learning my grammar, without which I cannot speak intelligently. I come to this book to keep alive the pure love of nature that I may not become merely a grammarian.
Charles Burchfield, January 11, 1915