Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Flaming Orange Northern Sky at Sunset/V-4, July, 16, 1915; watercolor and grahite on paper, 11 x 17 inches; Burchfield Penney Art Center, Charles E. Burchfield Foundation Archives, Gift of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, 2006
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, August 17, 1915
Tuesday, Aug 17, 2021
A grey moist morning in which the oriole’s buoyant songs predominate. It was like sunshine roaring in a garden.
It is cool and dark at day except at late afternoon when the wind blew a sparkling yellow sunset across the land, and later the night chorus of crickets & katydid went up into the cold air –
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, August 17, 1915