Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), The Star, December 15, 1941-48; Watercolor on joined paper mounted on board, 39 x 51 inches; Private Collection, Image from the Burchfield Penney Art Center Archives
The sky is flat grey; the houses dark & sunken in the snow; Smoke pours out of the chimney tops which look like black eyes. The great white gloom of the southeast hovers over the stupefied earth–
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, January 16, 1920