It’s a Blast – Sunset, Wednesday, 7 May 2014

Monday, May 12, 2014 at 05:25PM
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William Van Doren, IT’S A BLAST. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on Arches, 17 x 23.

Sometimes watching a sunset will inspire a title, then that title tends to drive the painting. For several nights my sketches have included the notation that certain colors have been “blasted” by the intensity of the sun.

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