Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Bobolink, Study for West Wind in May, c. 1940; charcoal or conté crayon on paper, 11 x 17 in.; Burchfield Penney Art Center, The Charles E. Burchfield Foundation Archives, Gift of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, 2006
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, Vol. 40, May 16, 1938
Saturday, May 16, 2015
This Spring, with its alternating excessive warm & cold days, presents strange contrast—there is a curious combination of early Spring & June. Just one example, I saw a bobolink poised on a willow branch above a swamp pool, from which came the sound of peepers.
The bobolink’s song is one of liquid exuberance.
Charles E. Burchfield, May 16, 1938