Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), “V-2 – Sky between 1 & 3, 1915 – JULY 16 – STORM AT SUNSET”, July 16, 1915; watercolor and pencil on paper, 17 x 11 inches; Burchfield Penney Art Center, Gift of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, 2006
Awake at 5:00 – weird yellow salmon cloud rhythms in sky– To Three trees — Sun boils forth yellow in a streaked drab sky – Meadowlarks silvery notes ascend with the light – remote cawing of crow; wind in a clattering poplar– roosters crowing from blue hazy distances, cows lowing–
Silver haze all morning –
Noon– wind from east – dappled sky–
Afternoon dark, cool wind – evening sunburst – copious song of catbird– earth lit up with lurid yellow light from above – Robin sings lustily—
At morning fierce wind-whistle in upper air—
Charles E. Burchfield, June 21, 1915