Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Road in May (In May), 1939; watercolor and Conté crayon on paper, 24 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches; Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, The Hayden Collection—Charles Henry Hayden Fund, Purchased 1939
Charles Burchfield, Journals, May 18, 1960
Friday, May 18, 2018
It seems to me that I have entered upon a new period in my life—a new way of thinking about life, the universe, and even about God—and with it the inability to get back to earlier periods. I can see a barefoot boy coming up the painter road on a hot summer afternoon, or a young man walking along a road at night in the rain; and a young father striding along elatedly under May trees; but I can’t feel like them.
Charles Burchfield, May 18, 1960