Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Winter Bouquet, 1933; Transparent and opaque watercolor over graphite and charcoal on paper, affixed overall to thick gray cardboard, 35 3/4 x 27 1/8 inches (90.8 x 68.9 cm); Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, Ellen Kelleran Gardner Fund
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, November 17, 1933
Wednesday, Nov 17, 2021
Let my studio be hallowed by large adventurous thoughts; and a feeling of security and isolation from the banalities of life; by dreams, and bold imaginings.
November! When the seasons are going downhill into winter, and a feeling of darkness – great stretches of brown fields, cobwebby with pristine milkweed, silvered by old goldenrod, and broken by the startling white of snow on weedless patches.
Charles E. Burchfield, November 17, 1933