Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Retreat of Winter, 1950-64; watercolor on paper, 40 x 60 inches; Image from the Burchfield Penney Art Center Archives
To the Elma Nurseries Country, impelled by the fine spring like morning. The reflections of the sun in the water was a pale gold tint, which comes only at certain times in the early Spring. At its rising it had a hazy, rich carnival cast which fore-told rain to come. A soft-moist wind from the southwest.
Charles E. Burchfield, March 4, 1946