Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), The Blizzard (The White North Wind), 1918-1945-1963; watercolor and gouache on joined paper, 36 x 54 inches; Image from the Burchfield Penney Art Center Archives
A hard freeze this morning – but the sun comes up clear & bright – a stiff cold north wind. The pools of melted ice on the sidewalk – it seemed to impart a new sharpness to the trees and the world seems young again.
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, November 22, 1946