Bruce Shanks (1908-1980)

[inscription reads] " veiny worm-eaten leaves, blue smoke streaming thru (sic) their whitish green branches, leaf-rustled ground; cool air; yellow sunset - blackbird dotted. A swallow or two - still. / Dandelions at their height. / I am not observing nature very closely; my mind is occupied with thoughts of finances & returning to school. My ideas for “pictures” come from within. Such an instance was tonight while I was discussing ways & means. All at once a scene came before my mind. It was a winter woods at night, thru (sic) which "