Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Sundogs, started 1962; watercolor and conté crayon on paper, 49 3/4 X 57 3/4 inches; Image from the Burchfield Penney Art Center Archives
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, September 7, 1962
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Thinking of my project of a whole new series of “Months”... and that September and October are already underway, with different titles – I thought of January which would be a new version of a blizzard – and made a note for it, using a snowy owl, for November I think of Sun-Dogs over a vast landscape with milk-weed or scotch-thistle – “North wind in March will be March of course –"
Charles E. Burchfield, September 7, 1962