Opening to the South – Sunset, Sunday, 15 July 2012

William Van Doren, OPENING TO THE SOUTH. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Twilight Pavilion – Sunset, Friday, 30 March 2012

William Van Doren, TWILIGHT PAVILION. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Tree at Port-a-Ferry Farm

William Van Doren, TREE AT PORT-A-FERRY FARM. Chalk pastel on paper, 11 x 15, 1984.

Taking this out of an old frame for reframing has given me the chance to shoot and show it for the first time.

Tweets Illustrated: The Rivanna Rolls

William Theodore Van Doren. Pencil and watercolor pencil on paper, 5 x 5.

Brushfire (Sunset, Saturday, 19 February 2011)

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

High winds all day in this part of Virginia, and many brushfires in the area. One fire created this plume across the sky at sunset.

Sunset, Tuesday, 11 August 2009

William Theodore Van Doren. Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on paper, 16 x 20.

Oscar Wilde:

Nobody of any real culture, for instance, ever talks nowadays about the beauty of sunset. Sunsets are quite old fashioned. To admire them is a distinct sign of provincialism of temperament.

Upon the other hand, they go on.