Sandra Matthews , From the “Model Home” series, 2017; color digital inkjet print, image: 5 1/16 x 8 7/16 inches; paper: 8 ½ x 11 inches; Burchfield Penney Art Center, Gift of the artist in honor of Tony Bannon, 2017
Burchfield's archives reveal his studied fascination with symbolism, which he used to capture the countless emotions, sounds and other invisible elements that spoke to his senses. As he wrote, "An artist must paint not what he sees in nature, but what is there."