Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Study for Church Bells Ringing, Rainy Winter Night, 1917; watercolor and pencil on paper, 10 7/8 x 8 15/16 in.; Burchfield Penney Art Center, Charles E. Burchfield Foundation Archives, Gift of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, 2006
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, November 16, 1917
Wednesday, Nov 16, 2022
Cold damp morning.
The blue jay’s clanking call.
Parrot-like grotesque of Baptist Church–
Poplars bristle upward.
An organ playing; the first time reminds of romantic pioneer days in Ohio. Next, The Church in the “Dell,” a lively remote house in a dense wood at dusk, beyond the house the deep black recess in the woods.
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, November 16, 1917