Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Study for Fireflies and Lightning #3, c.1964-65; conté crayon on paper, 9 3/8 x 13 1/2 inches; Gift of the Artist, 1967
Working on a drawing for “Lightning Bugs” based on memories of “frog legging” along the Little Beaver in June, and after studying my 1915 notes –
That rhapsodic summer of 1915 – it was then that my art career began to bloom.
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, June 22, 1964