Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Trees in Winter, November 24, 1916; watercolor, gouache and pencil on paper, 14 x 20 inches; Image from the Burchfield Penney Archives
After eating a hasty breakfast, I started out. The sun was well up in the sky by this time, but such a dense mist obstructed his view, that his heat as yet had no effect on the frost, which covered the ground everywhere, while trees were bare of it. Frost is odd; the morning was warm almost – in fact I needed no gloves; and yet everything had the appearance of a bitterly cold morning.
Charles Burchfield, February 18, 1912