Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Cicada Song in September, 1956; watercolor on paper, 38 1/8 x 32 1/2; Image from the Burchfield Penney Archives
Charles Burchfield, Journals, September 12, 1916
Friday, Sep 11, 2015
To bring out an idea powerfully the sensation must be highly conventionalized. Thus if plants appear grotesque, everything which is not grotesque must be omitted + the grotesqueness itself must be exaggerated
Or if a scene expresses grace, grace must be the keynote. The color brilliant, it all must be vivid –
Charles Burchfield, September 12, 1916