Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

and then came home on the eight o’clock bus.
Apr. 5 – (Monday)
Tho [sic] the temperature this morning was 40, dark masses of clouds low in the southwest gave promise of snow, and it was not long where the sky was covered with iron-gray masses of clouds with ominous green gray invented “ravines”, from which snow fell, blown helter skelter by a penetrating wind. As the day wore on, the thermometer dropped, until by night, it was like midwinter.
A.M. drive to Buffalo, to take Art’s bicycle, to Heil Brass. – (They cannot promise it before Wednesday) – Downtown – to market – then park at Vendome, lunch at “one-arm” and to Lafayette. “Desperadoes” a typical wild west movie, gorgeously done, in full color. The color was beautiful, in the same way that nature’s color is beautiful, (not to be confused with the greater beauty of a work of art) –
Apr. 6 – (Tues.) –
Very cold this morning – (reported 10 above) – only 20 above at 9:00. – the windows heavily frosted.
Mounting some of the 1917 water-colors, particularly those made in March 24 & 25, (Saturday afternoon and Sunday) when in all, I made a water-colors. These were clean brilliant days, and to express the vigorous March sunshine I used pure rain colors, with lots of white paper. Not all of these “come through” at the time, but I found now, by