Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Cold September Rain, 1957; watercolor and conté crayon on paper, 30 x 39 1/4 inches; Image from the Burchfield Penney Art Center Archives
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, September 13, 1942
Tuesday, Sep 17, 2013
The season has arrived when it is my custom to finish up pictures and frame them for the Fall season in New York. No sooner do I start to turn my mind to the many problems arising from this activity, than at once I am filled with regret, for the scenes and natural events pertaining to the September season which I must necessarily forego. With each year the feeling has grown stronger, until this, I have become convinced that somehow I must arrange matters so that I will have a free mind at the beginning of the fall season, free to paint and start new pictures.
Charles E. Burchfield, September 13, 1942