North by Northwest (Sunset, Sunday, 13 February 2011)

Sunday, February 13, 2011 at 07:47PM
BVD in Blue Ridge, Sunset Paintings, Sunsetology, seasons

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

The sun actually sets right now at what I take to be west by northwest. I turned for this painting a little to the right of that.

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