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WILLIAM VAN DOREN
The river connects the lowest points on land, on its way to the deepest places on earth. I’m standing in the river, feet on the ocean floor.
Saturday, August 14, 2010 at 03:33PM | by BVD | in Prose | tagged Rivanna River | Share Article | Post a Comment ;)
William Van Doren, Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.
Friday, August 13, 2010 at 09:17PM | by BVD | in Sunset Paintings | Share Article | Post a Comment ;)
William Van Doren, Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.
Later the fire banked to a faint rose, the clouds turned indistinct, and a bat traveled directly overhead against an ambiguous neutral blue. Dewy airs began to settle. A slight silver crescent followed not far behind the sun, and after it a world of watery things.
Thursday, August 12, 2010 at 09:46PM | by BVD | in Commentary, Moon, Prose, Sunset Paintings, Twilight | Share Article | Post a Comment ;)
William Van Doren, Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.
Murky, hot, thunder, no rain.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010 at 09:00PM | by BVD | in Sunset Paintings | tagged clouds, weather | Share Article | Post a Comment ;)
William Van Doren, Sunset from Skyline Drive, Rockingham County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.
In a sense this is the opposite of my usual perspective, which is looking up at the Blue Ridge. Here I’m on the ridge, at 3125 feet, looking down (at the Shenandoah Valley). On the way to Big Meadows, below Lewis Mountain. In the haze the ridge of Massanutten Mountain was barely distinguishable.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010 at 10:44AM | by BVD | in Sunset Paintings | tagged Big Meadows, Blue Ridge, Massanutten Mountain, Skyline Drive | Share Article | Post a Comment 
Saturday A.M.
Sun breaks through, and grays awhite. Tops of blackest clouds abright. Wizards here aday a night.