Evening Star (Sunset, Friday, 10 June 2011)

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

Typical August Sunset (Sunset, Thursday, 9 June 2011)

William Van Doren, TYPICAL AUGUST SUNSET (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Today I’ve started offering a few paintings for direct purchase online – I hope you’ll check out these galleries.

Download (Sunset, Wednesday, 8 June 2011)

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

Epilog (Sunset, Tuesday, 7 June 2011)

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

Often not only the skies change, but the titles as well. (This of course can be very aggravating.) At first the murky clouds in the oncoming heat and humidity somehow struck me as a Venusian blanket. Then this resolved into streaks and stripes of yellow and dull violet ... “Planet Waves,” I thought. A few minutes later I happened to look up – it was either “Epilog” or “Bouillabaisse.”

Air Show (Sunset, Monday, 6 June 2011)

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

Tweets Illustrated: Espresso-Chocolate Explosion

William Van Doren, 4 shots espresso, 1 T Ghirardelli ground sweet chocolate, 1 T homemade dark chocolate syrup on paper, 2011.