Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Sun and Snowstorm, 1917; watercolor, gouache and pencil on joined paper, 19 1/2 x 27 inches; Private Collection
The grey of the midwinter snow spirit – a religious whitish violet light comes from above – objects a short distance are like ghosts. (High School chimney almost the same value as the sky – a peculiar sensation)... A cock crow brings us back to late November...
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, November 21, 1917