Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

beautiful in the way, one fish taking the lead, they dart in unison here & there, the bodies of all pointing precisely at the leader. A frog jumps in – his effective weapon against pursuit being the manner in which he stirs up the water. Damsel-flies along shore. A tiger swallow-tail pursues its bounding flight over the water, his reflection gleaming darkly in the watering against the waving cloud reflections. Willows here tangled by blooming wild cucumber-¬vines. Tiny skippers blacken water a-