Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Clouds Over Roof, 1932; watercolor on paper, 25 x 36 inches; Image from the Burchfield Penney Art Center Archives
A cool loose wet morning – yellow thunderheads in sound, mist-shot sun – Trees seem to drip with mist, blue distances – oriole.
Day steadily grows colder. Massing of black clouds at times against them the bright trees –
Desires to quit the whole art life possessed me today following two days of inane attempts –
Charles E. Burchfield, May 4, 1915