Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Deserted Miner's Home, 1918 (signed and dated 'Chas Burchfield/4/27-1918-' (lower right); Watercolor, gouache and pencil on paper laid down on board, 18 x 24¾ inches; Burchfield Penney Art Center, Purchased with support from the Collector’s Club, John and Carol Kociela, and the Burchfield Penney Art Acquisition Endowment, 2014
All is awry with me. The beauty I saw while at home this summer, beauty that seemed perpetual does not come now. I entertain cheaper thoughts. The city is nothing but imitation + hypocrisy .
I must up + away from this. I must regain my lost ground. It is but a little slip, but I must take firmer step lest I tumble.
The dry season continues. There are no vivid colors. Nature is drying a dead yellow. Moon clear.
Charles E. Burchfield, October 5, 1914.