Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Pine-Hollow in Winter, also known as Snowy Gorge, 1920; watercolor on paper, 27 x 19 1/2 inches; Image courtesy of the Burchfield Penney Art Center Archives
Last night in the clear afterglow the houses had a strange, evil look – a foreboding of something about to happen –
This morning a blizzard from S.E. –
The snow is a wild waving monster pawing down from the sky...
I would be so sensitive to Nature’s moods – so close that a coming change would make itself known in the look of a house hours or even days in advance –
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, December 9, 1917