Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Sunlight in Forest, 1916; watercolor and pencil on paper, 20 x 14 inches; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Purchase, with funds from the Drawing Committee, 2002
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, September 23, 1916
Friday, Sep 23, 2016
On all sides morbidness - In painting the horizon sun; paint a burst of light, then the black jagged edges of trees, + the openings in the trees as misshapen things - A day of rare romantic clouds - A rainy noon in a woods; feeling of sunshine about to come thru the trees – at the season when it seems summer is an eternal season –
Charles E. Burchfield, September 23, 1916