Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Design for a Tile, Mushrooms and Fungus (also known as Mushrooms and Indian Pipe), February 28, 1913; watercolor and pencil on paper, 7 x 4 15/16 inches; Charles E. Burchfield Foundation Archives, Gift of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, 2006
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, Volume 14, October 8, 1913
Saturday, Oct 8, 2016
Fine autumn weather— Clear skies, warm sunshine— And wonderful cool breezes from the south— A calm quietness has settled over all things. The odor of burning leaves— What intoxication it contains!
It is almost an insult to nature to go to school on such days. I long for the woods. — The woods! — I often wonder [whether] I am naturalist or artist, for the pursuit of one hinders the other— I seem always to be deciding which it shall be— Of course it must be an artist, for [I] must live, but I am hoping for a day when I can give myself entirely up to Nature.
Charles E. Burchfield, October 8, 1913