Summer and Smoke (Sunset, Monday, 18 July 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, SUMMER AND SMOKE (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

It’s not smoke, it just feels steamy enough for a Tennessee Williams play. I remember the trailer for the film really got my attention, with my family at the drive-in, when I was 12 or 13. I could tell that was one movie they were not going to take us to see . . .

Authentic Sunbeams (Sunset, Sunday, 17 July 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, AUTHENTIC SUNBEAMS (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

No, I haven’t entered some new phase of paintings inspired by Biblical illustrations of divine sun rays – this is what I’ve been seeing the last couple of days. They’re just your ordinary everyday divine sun rays. Any resemblance to Sunday school art is unintentional.

Let Your Light Shine (Sunset, Saturday, 16 July 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

East of the Sun and West of the Moon (Sunset, Friday, 15 July 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, EAST OF THE SUN AND WEST OF THE MOON (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

La Gloire de Jour Est Arrivée (Sunset, Thursday, 14 July 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, LA GLOIRE DE JOUR EST ARRIVÉE (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

For Bastille Day – and I hope I did it right – I’ve inverted a line from La Marseillaise. Instead of “the day of glory has arrived,” the glory of the day.

Beam Reach (Sunset, Wednesday, 13 July 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, BEAM REACH (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.