Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Looking Westward Across Pine Hollow, 1917; watercolor on paper, 18 x 22 inches; Image from the Burchfield Penney Art Center Archives
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, May 10, 1917
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
May noon! A band playing – booming white clouds sun beaten
Pile up, a flutter of flags, the lank grass lurtches; lawns thickly speckled with dandelions, blooming cherries + plums
Clouds represent a far away land to the north, the sky is millions of miles beyond –
Charles E. Burchfield, May 10, 1917