Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Landscape with Blue Trees, 1915; watercolor and graphite on paper, 14 x 20 inches; Image courtesy of the Burchfield Penney Archives
Sky is big & broad, fields are unending — all things cry out to the mind — ‘Expand, Expand! Grow!’ and indeed there is room for it in this wind-swept weather. One has a desire to run aimlessly hither and thither shouting to the sky his joy & exuberance.
Charles E. Burchfield, September 13, 1913