RSW's Diary Comments

"Upright. Small studio window back of easel. Never satisfactory in composition until I repainted in 19___"

A late 1930s photo by F. Earl Williams of When Sap Runs on display in front
of the Southwick Studio's North Window with Apple Tree Window, out of its
frame on the floor. The little east window is on the right of the photograph.

The tiny east studio window today.

This painitng is of the 'little' window, facing east, in the Southwick Studio. There are as many as 16 other known east window paintings. Initially it was believed RSW did not paint the little east window until after he painted the desk corner of his studio, then the balcony door and south windows. The diary comment above throws that into question.

Woodward did not move into the Southwick Place until March of 1935. He paints the North Window first in the same month and then there is a gap of two years before another window painting appears. However, if this painting was "repainted" in 1937 and its previous version was "never satisfactory" then RSW had to have started it sooner than the others, perhaps late 1935 or 1936.

Artwork found on a Christmas card (left), in 2012, from F. Earl Williams illustrates Winter Peace #2. A piece to very similar to Apple Tree Window.