Black Cat Perspective (Sunset, Wednesday, 18 May 2011)

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

I was feeding a feral black cat under a small barn where I currently go to catch the sunset, and as he ate he kept looking up toward the horizon.

Aquarium/Terrarium (Sunset, Tuesday, 17 May 2011)

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

Thunderball (Sunset, Monday, 16 May 2011)

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

Next in Line (Sunset, Sunday, 15 May 2011)

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

Rain/Earth (Sunset, Saturday, 14 May 2011)

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

Blackberry Influenced (Sunset, Friday, 13 May 2011)

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

Doesn’t seem chilly enough to qualify as “blackberry winter,” but the blossoms are out, and we have days that stay gray and temperatures that don't rise.