Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Heat Waves in a Swamp, 1948; watercolor on paper, 40 x 26 inches; Image courtesy of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation
The “heat wave” continues unabated.
Lunch at the Lodge, where the air-conditioning was delightful.
P.M. — Sketch from the walnut grove — of the sun high in the sky, with tall phantom clouds — and the nondescript things below bathed in a pink haze — Painted with great joy and confidence —
And when I brought the sketch down to the house, Bertha was enthusiastic about it —
Charles E. Burchfield, July 23, 1964