Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Wild Geese and Poplars, 1956; watercolor on paper, 39 x 26 1/2 inches; Private Collection
Mild and misty again — so I painted the wild geese episode I saw Thursday. All nature seems glorious to me again, and my relation to my work more normal – Up until now there have still been, in the inner recesses of my mind, ripples from the retrospective —
Charles E. Burchfield, October 20, 1956