Taps (Sunset/Twilight, Thursday, 11 November 2010)

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

Day is done, gone the sun
From the lakes, from the hills, from the sky
All is well, safely rest
God is nigh.

That’s Heaven to Me (Sunset, Wednesday, 10 November 2010)

William Van Doren, THAT’S HEAVEN TO ME (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

I could use this title for any number of sunsets, but the song by Sam Cooke and the Soul Stirrers happened to be playing during this one.

Burning Bridge (Sunset, Tuesday, 9 November 2010)

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

Title derived from a song by Jack Scott.

Concentration (Sunset, Monday, 8 November 2010)

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

The sky was almost entirely what most would call empty; this is, in effect, a close-up of a small portion of the horizon. It seemed that all the color the sunset had to give concentrated here.

Eastern Standard Sunset (Sunset, Sunday, 7 November 2010)

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

Wide Angle (Sunset, Saturday, 6 November 2010)

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