Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

the east lit up the house with a strange blue-violet light, brighter than the yellow sky behind.; It was pleasant ; Art home from his Canadian trip about 11:00—he had us laughing at his description of their journey thru the lakes & swamps.—; It was pleasant in bed, to listen to a storm to the South. Will I ever be able adequately to paint the glory & mystery of a summer storm?; ; ; ; ; July 15 —(Tues); Very hot & close & muggy all day—; B & I to Dr’s—; “ “ making tentative plans to go down into Penn. soon (perhaps Saturday)—; Puttering in Studio—sitting on benches & absorbing the day—letter to Sally—a brief shower in the P.M. ; ; ; ; ; July 16 (Wed.); To country between Hinsdale & and Cuba (Rt. 408) painting.; I was in search of a stream of the same character as the “Dutchman’s” or the Little Beaver Creek in Ohio, (planning to work on come on the reconstructed 1917 Sunlit Willows—)—I could not think of any that I had seen, with the exception of the longer Allegheny River at Salamanca.—; South thru West Falls & Colden, to Pointe 219 below Springville.—all creeks of the same characteristic of near