Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Flaming Orange Northern Sky at Sunset/V-4, July, 16, 1915; watercolor and grahite on paper, 11 x 17 inches; Burchfield Penney Art Center, Charles E. Burchfield Foundation Archives, Gift of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, 2006
This morning at first light some indefinite color began to show in the southeast; first it flared into brick red, then a rich fiery saffron which rushed up to the zenith, turned crimson and sent an awesome red glow down through the skylight -
Looking out of a west window I saw a piece of rainbow low in the north sky; it was like a vision for there was no rain; it grew & grew until it formed into a perfect arch in the north west; and now rain came pattering up the street; almost at the same moment the sun came up like molten metal; the wind moaned and the color vanished the day settled down suddenly to a dark soggy rain -
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, November 25, 1919