Rain and Piney Mountain

William Van Doren, oil on gessoed 140# Arches, 11 x 17, 2012.

Based on the sunset of May 29th.

The Breakup – Sunset, Friday, 1 June 2012

William Van Doren, THE BREAKUP. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

A day of heavy storms and tornado watches and warnings suddenly falls apart at sunset.

Mirage du Jour – Sunset, Thursday, 31 May 2012

William Van Doren, MIRAGE DU JOUR. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

At the End of May

The woods are deepening into their manifold greens — mature summer green and bright new partytime green, raw cut-over green and distant atmospheric Watteau green, blue cedar berry green, black soil green and indigo bunting twilight silhouette. Each tree’s canopy entails a volume of colorless pure colorspace, trees growing red green, orange green, and breathing out of green blue sky.

Sliders – Sunset, Wednesday, 30 May 2012

William Van Doren, SLIDERS. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Cloud in Shadow at Sunset

William Van Doren, oil on gessoed 140# Arches, 11 x 17, 2012.

A new painting based on the sunset from Memorial Day, Monday, May 28th.