Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Spring Landscape with Trees and Pond, 1947; Drawing; Painting, Watercolor and charcoal on paper,, 28 3/8 x 39 1/2 inches; Purchased with funds provided by the Virginia H. Carpenter Bequest, Collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
A dream, most of which evaporated with waking. Out there remains the memory of finding two pair of beautiful moths by the side of a dark green pool. When I tried to capture them, one pair flew up, and then fell into the water, where they floated helplessly, wings stretched out flat on the water’s surface like bright colored autumn leaves – I tried to [lift] one out of the water, but he had a strong powerful body like a hawk-moth and wriggled away, leaving his downy scales all over my fingers.
Charles E. Burchfield, January 14, 1941