Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

on ledges etc on houses with snow which is startlingly brilliant – Trees below sky very indistinct – Grass creates a new order of color – all “neutral things next it become vivid violet
                                      March 28, 1916 –
      Noon – Brill air – cool wind – March sky with its three kinds of clouds – white scuds clouds, pale blue mackerel, + vivid white blending edged flat masses – The scud clouds move swiftly the others seem motionless + miles away like looking into a deep clear lake –