Oakfall (Sunset, Friday, 3 December 2010)

Friday, December 3, 2010 at 07:13PM
BVD in Blue Ridge, Commentary, Sunset Paintings, Sunsetology, trees

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

Just before sunset I felled a large white oak, dead of course, for firewood. It struck me that the day gone by could provide fuel much like the fallen tree, except the day is never entirely consumed.

Article originally appeared on The Very Rich Hours (http://www.theveryrichhours.com/).