Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Starlit Woods, February 25, 1917; Watercolor over charcoal on five joined sheets of white wove paper, 33 x 22 inches; Detroit Institute of Arts
At nightfall a slow-moving mass of dappled clouds gradually obscured the brilliant silver moon-sliver like soggy ice floating in a February creek wipes out the sun-sparkles –
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, December 18, 1917