The Minute Your Back Is Turned ... – Sunset/Twilight, Monday, 21 October 2013

Tuesday, October 22, 2013 at 09:07PM
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William Van Doren, THE MINUTE YOUR BACK IS TURNED .... Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

I’d sketched the sunset — before, during, and after — and figured it was safe to go down to a little hollow where I started cutting firewood. Looked up after 10 minutes and saw the color above the trees. What the ... ! Back out to the field.

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