Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Afternoon in the Grove, July 11, 1916; watercolor with graphite on paper, 14 x 20 inches, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Gift of Tony Sisti, 1979
Sun rays splitting a tree – The rays are first painted in two tones – Then whatever objects come in the rays are painted on top –
A star seen through an opening in an elm tree –
A light seen at a distance in the black depths of a grove – the outside trees are not quite black – The sky shows through the jagged edge of the trees; Paint the sensation of trees – as jagged lines etc –
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, September 20, 1916