12: Suddenly Subtly Psychedelic - Charles Burchfield - Childhood’s Garden & The Coming of Spring

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In this week’s episode, Stephanie Dueñas and Russell Shoemaker immerse themselves in the sensory watercolor world of the prolific artist and writer Charles Burchfield: from his early psychedelic Golden phase, through his Regionalist period, and finally, the works he made toward the end of his life after revisiting those Golden Phase paintings. They explore what exactly drove the vibrant works that bookended his career spanning several decades.

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Charles was just a small town boy, born and raised in Ohio. He was known as a lunch pale artist, clocking in Monday through Friday and spending time with his family and dogs on nights and weekends. While his paintings sold enough to support his family, even during the Great Depression, something was unresolved in his artistic career . . . something that had been unresolved before he became the beloved Regionalist.

Toward the end of his career, his splice-of-life watercolors transcended into multi-sensory and psychedelic landscapes vibrating with the songs of crickets and the buzzing of telephone wires. Stephanie and Russell find out that the answer to "Was this Mr. Rodger’s - type figure popping LSD in the woods? Or was he so deeply connected to the nature all around him?"

Our Art Pantry of the week is Watercolor.

A special thank you to AP Leslie who voiced the words by Charles Burchfield. You can check out his poetry here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1980482012

The song featured in this episode was ‘Charle Burchfield’ by Rob Lynch & Jonathan Hughes from the album Public / Private which you can find here: https://www.amazon.com/Public-Private-Lynch-Jonathan-Hughes/dp/B007EGVSKO

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