Color Is As Color Does – Sunset, Tuesday, 13 September 2016

William Van Doren, COLOR IS AS COLOR DOES. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on canvas, 30 x 40.

As If Twilight Needed a Costume – Sunset, Monday, 12 September 2016

William Van Doren, AS IF TWILIGHT NEEDED A COSTUME. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on Arches 140# watercolor paper, 17 x 23.

Gauging the Distance From the Earth to the Clouds By Means of Garnet-and-Silver Serpentine Devices – Sunset, Sunday, 11 September 2016

William Van Doren, GAUGING THE DISTANCE FROM THE EARTH TO THE CLOUDS BY MEANS OF GARNET-AND-SILVER SERPENTINE DEVICES. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on Arches 140# watercolor paper, 17 x 23.

The Last Hot Day of the Year (Except It Wasn’t) – Sunset, Saturday, 10 September 2016

William Van Doren, THE LAST HOT DAY OF THE YEAR (EXCEPT IT WASN’T). Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on canvas, 30 x 40.

Hot Fusion – Sunset, Friday, 9 September 2016

William Van Doren, HOT FUSION. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on Arches 140# watercolor paper, 17 x 23.

Central Armature Works – Sunset, Thursday, 8 September 2016

William Van Doren, CENTRAL ARMATURE WORKS. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on Arches 140# watercolor paper, 17 x 23.

The painting took off from a layer of dark purple clouds over the setting sun. The title popped up because it’s the name of a business in D.C. where my dad worked as a salesman in the mid-1950s. I was amazed to find it still exists. They refurbished and sold electric motors and parts; now they’re “power apparatus specialists.”