Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, January 21-22, 1953

Jan. 21…Started the real work on the “Late Afternoon in Winter”, putting in the warm yellows and browns around the edge to denote the house interior, & all the vivid red birds –…

Jan. 22… Continuously cold weather – close to zero every morning – 

More work on the 1917 picture – 

P.M. – asked Bertha to look at it – she liked it all except the upper left sky which seemed to her “dirty and incomplete –” it was hard for me to see at first, so intent I was on the problem of its design or pattern only – 

Too tired to work on it – I quit for the day & we went food shopping – 

Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, January 21-22, 1953