Rainstorm in a Cat’s-Eye (Sunset, Saturday, 1 October 2011)

Sunday, October 2, 2011 at 03:50PM
BVD in Commentary, Delaplaine Center for the Arts, Frederick, Michael Douglas Jones, Sunset Paintings, William Theodore Van Doren, clouds, rain, skyscape, storms, sunset

William Theodore Van Doren, RAINSTORM IN A CAT’S-EYE (Sunset from Route 15, Oatlands, Loudoun County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

One of those moments when it’s raining but it looks like skies will soon clear. (They didn’t!) I was on my way back from the Michael Douglas Jones exhibit UNION: The Courier Journals, 1861-1865, at the Delaplaine Center, Frederick, Md. The room is deceptively small; in terms of its imagination, depth, artistry, and implications for our nation’s history, the show is immense. A signal achievement.

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