Twilight, Tuesday, 14 July 2009
Wednesday, July 15, 2009 at 06:33PM
BVD in Albemarle County, Blue Ridge, Print/Cards Available, Raveonettes, Stony Point, Twilight

William Theodore Van Doren. Sunset (Twilight) from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on linen, 16 x 20.

As mentioned in the previous post, the long progression from sunset through twilight was truly strange. A glowing band of cream-orange yellow eventually became very nearly orange, with an abrupt demarcation between the bright band and an unusual, ever darker, but still radiant blue. Against this, clouds were a raven-like purple-black. Could have been a Raveonettes sky. It could be interpreted as strange and ominous, but I decided it was strange and luminous.

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