Low to High (Sunset, Sunday, 5 June 2011)

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

Mountains were barely visible in clouds, so I moved the perspective up from the horizon. Title refers to a certain kind of lacrosse shot or to the vast distance between two decks of clouds.

Doubling the Sun (Sunset, Saturday, 4 June 2011)

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

The “two” suns were rather fortunate, since I was also commissioned to paint another version (which I’ve just done, on wood panel) for a wedding gift. As fate would have it, the wedding I was asked to commemorate took place just a few miles further down my road ... so what I witnessed really was “their” sunset.

Door No. 3 (Sunset, Friday, 3 June 2011)

William Van Doren, DOOR NO. 3 (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

By waiting past the initial stage – a brilliant sunburst and dirty-bright ice white clouds – and then sunset proper – old gold and purple – I came to the twilight, which seemed to have more of the feeling of day’s end. And which brought the moon into the picture.

Belle de Jour (Sunset, Thursday, 2 June 2011)

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

I think I’ve finally picked up on the (possible) fact that search engines don’t much like it if all you give them is an image and a title, but sometimes that’s all there is. We will endeavor to be a little more talkative.

Orange Crash (Sunset, Wednesday, 1 June 2011)

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

Fireball (Sunset, Tuesday, 31 May 2011)

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