The Hunt for Red October (Sunset, Saturday, 30 October 2010)

William Van Doren, THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

The title started out as a joke. I got up from a nap about 30 minutes before sunset and the light out my (east-facing) window seemed so dim, I thought I might be painting a gray sunset. I thought, maybe I’ll call it “The Hunt for Red October” – as in, good luck finding any color. (Haven’t read the book.) Then, after the sky went through a blue and dirty burnt vanilla phase at sunset, this happened, and the title was no longer ironic.

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Flares in Smoke (Sunset, Friday, 29 October 2010)

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

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South at Twilight (Sunset, Thursday, 28 October 2010)

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

This view is pretty close to due south (south-southwest), with the Blue Ridge, and my usual sunset horizon, on the right.

Stage Right (Sunset, Wednesday, 27 October 2010)

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

Crossbow Twilight (Sunset, Tuesday, 26 October 2010)

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

Named for a surprise run-in with a bowhunter while I was chasing the last fragment of light.

Divided by Blue (Sunset, Monday, 25 October 2010)

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