August 16, 1914
graphite pencil on commercially-made lined paper
5 13/16 x 3 11/16 inches
Burchfield Penney Art Center courtesy of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, 2000
creatures - a part of the misty glades they bar.(HT)Long feathery streaks of filmy clouds commence to radiate from the north. One forms a complete arch over the sun yellowed chestnuts & a smaller one lower down - the rainbows formed by the sun striking thru the heavy mists.(HT)On the buckeye tree, marking the site of the “2nd Haunted House” I see a red spot glowing - I think it a red bird, but as it remains motionless I begin to doubt.(HT)It proves to be a sprig of flaming red leaves, and I notice that the tree is spotted