Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Study for Country Road in August, 1963, mixed media on paper, 11 x 17 inches, B&W photograph by Oliver Baker, The Charles E. Burchfield Archives, The Richter Vogt Collection, Purchased with funds from the Vogt Family Foundation in honor of Dr. Edna M. Lindemann, 2004
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, August 6, 1963
Saturday, Aug 6, 2022
To the North Otto Grange Hall painting – We took food for both noon and evening, as I expected to work up to 6:00 or later (the lighting was not right on the tree I wanted to paint until mid-afternoon.
Although it was unpleasantly sultry going down we found it pleasant in the shade of the giant locusts.
Lying on the mat looking directly up into the sky – Too seldom do we allow ourselves the joy of such a view –
Finished about six —
After a pleasant meal with a cool day breeze from the west, we went homeward –
The thoroughwort patch on Swamp Road is in full rampant bloom – Goldenrod is coming out rapidly.
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, August 6, 1963