Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), September Sun, 1946; watercolor on paper, 45 x 32 inches; Image from the Burchfield Penney Art Center Archives
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, September 12, 1932
Tuesday, Sep 9, 2014
The third day of absolute cloudless skies and hot brilliant sunshine – so dazzling that it hurts the eyes –
Saturday P.M. by bus to Transit and Seneca – South to Transit bridge – the raw brilliance of the sunshine – fields glamorous with goldenrod, reflecting back the sunshine in a raw yellow glow. September sunshine has a peculiar eerie quality to it, a certain blackness, almost of eclipse-like sullenness. The shadow sides of trees are black and dense, not luminous as in early summer.
Charles E. Burchfield, September 12, 1932