An Unexpected Moment in the Storm (Sunset, Sunday, 14 August 2011)

Monday, August 15, 2011 at 10:07AM
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William Theodore Van Doren, AN UNEXPECTED MOMENT IN THE STORM (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Our big storms still had hours to go when I went out to check the sunset horizon, which I assumed would be a wall of gray. This opening lasted for only another minute. The cloud draped over Piney Mountain really was at least that blue.

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