Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Past Noon, July 7, 1916; watercolor on paper, 14 x 19 7/8 inches; Burchfield Penney Art Center, Gift of Tony Sisti, 1979
I long for a period of seclusion — There is nothing in a halfway mode of living yet I force myself on, snatching what little I may from nature, only enough to realize what wonderful poetry I am missing —
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, July 21, 1916