Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Snow Patterns, 1920; watercolor on paper, 15 1/2 x 31 1/4 inches
Burchfield Penney Art Center, Purchased with funds donated by Carol & John Kociela, Anthony Bannon & Elizabeth Stewart, Laurie Brosnahan, Robert M. & Mary Ann Budin, Adrian F. Dedecker III & Clotilde P. Dedecker, Eugene L. Gaier, Peter J. Heffley, William J. & Linda Maggio, Carolyn Morris-Hunt & Timothy Hunt, Scott Propeack & Heidi Freedman, Zack Schneider & Vogt Family Foundation, Rachel & Scott Stenclik, Peter Vukelic, and Nancy Weekly, 2015
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, March 18, 1939
Friday, Mar 18, 2022
A.M. walk out Union, over French & Clinton – a bitterly cold morning (14º at 8:00). A pale remote sun in a half cloudy misty sky. Until I got to the power lines the sun was at my back, and this was little hint of anything but winter in the cold frozen landscape. However, when I finally turned to the wagon track leading to Clinton, there was a different feeling. The sun though pale and giving forth little heat, was high, and lit up the tops of the milky-gray clouds with full silvery light, which was also reflected on the earth, in bits of ice; snow-patches on roofs, and wires.
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, March 18, 1939