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| Childhood's Garden |
Welcome to the fantastic world of Charles Ephraim Burchfield (1893 - 1967). Today our studio class took a field trip to see an exhibit of his work at the NYS Museum. And while this is not one of the paintings in the exhibit, it is one I love for color and form and sheer exuberance! This exhibit is called "Weather" and the focus is on how Burchfield painted wind, sky, and lightning among other natural phenomena that we normally don't think about as something that can be painted. Look at the sky in Childhood's Garden. The sun is pouring down. If we were in the presence of this painting and stepped back to look at it from a distance, it would vibrate with light. The glow would lift right off the painting!
I know that because that's what happened with many of the paintings I saw today. These are some that
are in the exhibit:
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| Fireflies and Lightning |
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| Landscape with Gray clouds |
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| December Storm |
If by any chance, these pictures don't show up in my blog, google Burchfield and just look at his paintings (his designs for Birge wallpaper are pretty amazing, too). But better than that would be to make a visit to the museum; the paintings really need to be seen in person. Look at them both close up and far away, but do it soon as the exhibit closes on February 23, 2014!
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