Aftershock (Sunset, Tuesday, 23 August 2011)

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

Well, I expected my title was going to be “Shaken Not Stirred,” with the notation “a peaceful end to our earth-shaking day,” but then, right at 8:05 as I started painting, the aftershock, and a better title in any event.