Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), The Studio, 1942; watercolor on joined paper, 30 1/2 x 26 inches; Burchfield Penney Art center, Gift of the Burchfield Foundation, 2006
I leave the studio door open to let the sounds of a spring evening come in...The various noises of the village– a dog barks– another takes it up, and then another, until clamour ensues, which suddenly dies down...then again come fragments– men's voices "How about it?"– "You're Crazy"– "Oh yeah?" "Ain't it so?"...
Charles Burchfield, April 26, 1935