Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Spider Web Tree, 1962-64; watercolor and black and white Conté crayon on joined paper, 58 x 48 inches; Image from the Burchfield Penney Art Center Archives
Charles Burchfield, Journals, August 20, 1964
Friday, Aug 17, 2018
Even when I can make up my mind to work on one definite picture, I make false moves, which have to be eliminated—So it was with the “August Sun and Spider-web tree” —I want a sun that is hot blazing, all things on a parched earth—But what I create is a sun that turns out to look like a rosette of some sort—which means that much experimenting and research must be done before I achieve my aim—
Charles Burchfield, August 20, 1964