Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Night of the Equinox, 1917-1955; watercolor, ink, gouache, and charcoal on paper mounted on paperboard, 40 1/8 x 52 5/16 inches; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation
Got out the “Winter Rain at Night” (a 1917 reconstructed picture that I mounted last year) and started drawing on it—all at once, it seemed to click and I felt an overwhelming desire to work on it (which I plan to do tomorrow—what will the day bring forth?) and at the same time ideas for conventionalizing natural phenomena poured in on me. I thank God for this renewal of my creative power.
Charles Burchfield, March 2, 1948