Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), The Three Trees, 1931-46; watercolor on paper, 36 x 60 inches; Salem Public Library, Gift of Miss Alice MacMillan in memory of her father Joel, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the MacMillan Book Shop
A blue skied calm day – white morning – such a morning which calls to mind phoebe birds – as I remember on summer night spent in the woods when at three o’clock, a million phoebes commenced to call at once. It is one of the mornings that will live with me all my life –
Evening to Three Trees to sketch – Sun a soft white glow in a wonderful white glow in a wonderful wispy sky – from across illimitable spaces comes the call of a mourning-dove – the air is calm, almost stagnant – there seem to be memories on all sides of long-forgotten things –
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, July 9, 1915