Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Midsummer Afternoon, 1952; watercolor and charcoal on paper, 40 x 29 3/4 inches; Vero Beach Museum of Art, Vero Beach, Florida, Museum Purchase with Funds provided by the Athena Society, 2008
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, June 25, 1929
Tuesday, Jun 25, 2013
The weather is sullen & baffled – hot, humid – a thunderstorm at dawn got nowhere – the sky is low and oppressive, rain fitful.
I would be like a thunderstorm – rush across the land bending trees in my fury, stabbing with swift lightning the things I hated, destroying savagely the things I loved.
Charles E. Burchfield, June 25, 1929