Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Early Spring, 1966-67; watercolor and charcoal on paper, 37 1/8 x 42 1/4 inches, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Gift of Charles Rand Penney, 1994
Charles Burchfield, Journals, March 25, 1916
Friday, Mar 25, 2016
In [a] blizzard other day the winter and spring meet to battle - spring with the thunderstorm + rain, which winter turns to a blizzard; a day or so later the sun in a brassy sky, melts Ice + snow, rivers are choked, ice crashes down cool valleys - robins, song sparrows and kill deer + bluebirds send calls thru the hazy air -
Charles Burchfield's Journals, March 25, 1916