Gathering Rainclouds Illustrate a Principle of Painting: If You Think You Know What’s Going to Happen You Absolutely Do Not Know What’s Going to Happen – Sunset, Friday, 5 August 2016

William Van Doren, Gathering Rainclouds Illustrate a Principle of Painting: If You Think You Know What’s Going to Happen You Absolutely Do Not Know What’s Going to Happen. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on Arches 140# watercolor paper, 17 x 23.

Clouds Building in Like Some Peculiar Theory of the Cosmos – Sunset, Thursday, 4 August 2016

William Van Doren, CLOUDS BUILDING IN LIKE SOME PECULIAR THEORY OF THE COSMOS. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on Arches 140# watercolor paper, 17 x 23.

I know what this probably looks like – and all I can say is about that is this work takes guts – but the approach was influenced by a line from David Bowie’s “Always Crashing In The Same Car”: Going round and round the hotel garage.

Lots of Different Ways to Get to the Same Place – Sunset, Wednesday, 3 August 2016

William Van Doren, LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO GET TO THE SAME PLACE. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on canvas, 28 x 30.

The Little Storm That Stayed All Night – Sunset, Tuesday, 2 August 2016

William Van Doren, THE LITTLE STORM THAT STAYED ALL NIGHT. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on Arches 140# watercolor paper, 17 x 23.

August Argues With August But the Result Is Always August – Sunset, Monday, 1 August 2016

William Van Doren, AUGUST ARGUES WITH AUGUST BUT THE RESULT IS ALWAYS AUGUST. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on canvas, 28 x 30.

Weather Writing Under a Pseudonym – Sunset, Sunday, 31 July 2016

William Van Doren, WEATHER WRITING UNDER A PSEUDONYM. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on Arches 140# watercolor paper, 17 x 23.

Origins of this approach were in the plain sober dark blue and white clouds at sunset, following some thunderstorms, which, together with the damp fresh air, created what struck me as “pseudo cold.”