My Burchfield Residency- What I Learned
Charles Burchfield, Easter Morning in the Woods (left side ), watercolor, 39 1/2 x 29 1/2 inches, 1947-60 Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY Charles Burchfield, Easter Morning in the Woods (right side ), watercolor, 39 1/2 x 29 3/8 inches, 1947-60 Burchfield Penney Art Center My paintings have all returned from the wonderful exhibition at the Burchfield Penney Art Center in Buffalo, NY. The show at the museum was of work I'd done from 2015-18 as the Burchfield Penney's Artist in Residence. I used to worry about the way I liked to return to earlier paintings and make improvements. I've loved to pull out work from earlier years. If I see a way to strengthen the painting I'll jump right in. Even though this was successful about 95% of the time I didn't know any other artist who did this anywhere near as much. As I studied Burchfield's work I felt so reassured to find he did the same. Burchfield's two panels above are unc