Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), August Pasture, 1921; watercolor and charcoal on paper, 21 1/4 x 29 1/2 inches; Burchfield Penney Art Center, Gift of the Burchfield Foundation, 1975
From a folder titled 1929 – A – DRAWINGS AND NOTES in the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation Archives
Thursday, Dec 13, 2012
Thoughts enroute (sic):
The stump picture. The stump burning reds & hot yellows & browns in hot august sunshine –
The burnt pasture grass in foreground put in with a few sweeping strokes –
The cows a pattern of black & white spots –
Beyond the vast mystical north sky of august - (purple blue) with odd shaped clouds floating lazily –
add lichens of last summers sketch
Charles Burchfield, July 22, 1929