Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Violets, 1917; Watercolor on paper, 20 x 17 1/2 inches; RISD Museum, Museum Works of Art Fund
Charles Burchfield, Journals, November 15, 1916
Thursday, Nov 15, 2018
This seems a crisis in my life. Without money, discouraged, I look myself over. I lack courage to do the hard work. I dream ideas & possibilities, I see the mountain-tops but haven’t the character to climb. Seeing my faults I do not cast them aside; but brood over them. Failure looms.
Charles Burchfield, November 15, 1916