Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Snowflakes in October, 1959; watercolor on paper, 44 x 32 inches; The Museum of Fine Arts Boston, The Hayden Collection—Charles Henry Hayden Fund, 1961
In the afternoon, without plane or effect, made a drawing fantasy of white birch, snowy oil, with a black “winter spirit” brooding over them. At once it suggested a picture, using disintegrating sun clouds above, and forest motifs.
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals,October 19, 1959