Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Gateway to September, 1945-1956; watercolor on joined paper, 42 1/2 x 56 inches; Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Gift of the Benwood Foundation.
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, September 19, 1946
Tuesday, Sep 19, 2023
The unusual warm sunny weather continues.
P.M. to Zimmerman Road painting. Again in the swampy (dry now) tract enclosed on three sides by woods. Sultry –dry –the air filled with the constant hum of insects; millions of tiny flies, sunlit –Paint all afternoon. It is a constant struggle from beginning to end.
After a leisurely “lunch”, for a walk down the road again as on Tuesday. Tonight it seemed even more pregnant with powerful moods –I made pencil notes.
On the return home I stopped on the “Big Sap” Hill to listen to the katydids. They were so numerous & so loud, they made the ears ring. Made studies of the milky way & the two constellations in the S.W.
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, September 19, 1946