Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, November 18, 1961

Cold – a heavy frost – sunshine and clouds – beautiful clouds, cumulus in character, large and simple, but arranged in the long horizontal bars typical of November. When the sun shown forth from a wide “spot” between the clouds, it was like a long bar of molten silver, as brilliant and blinding as the sun itself.

In studio all day working on the large “November” (sometimes I consider “South in November” or “November Brooding” as alternative titles) bringing it to a tentative conclusion.

When I brought it in the house at late afternoon and set it up on the davenport, several “trouble spots” immediately became apparent, but nothing that cannot be easily remedied. 

Charles E. Burchfield, November 18, 1961