Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Roadside Stream, April 1, 1939; watercolor on paper, 25 x 18 inches; Burchfield Penney Art Center, Gift of Sylvia Rosen, 2003
Charles Burchfield, Journals, March 4, 1946
Friday, Mar 4, 2016
A stream in early spring assumes a power and significance it never attains at any other season, (unless perhaps an untimely flood in summer) - Swollen by melting snow and heavy spring rains, it becomes masculine, and headlong, sweeping everything aside with its force, undermining trees that have grown too close to its edge, and eating whole fields away.
Charles Burchfield, March 4, 1946