Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Startled Sparrows, c. 1916; watercolor and pencil on paper, 20 x 14 inches; Image courtesy of the Charles E. Burchfield Archives
A brilliant white sun in a dense pale thick yellow haze –Songsparrows fill the air –A wet glittering noon with spearshaped clouds –
Charles Burchfield, March 19, 1917