Maps and Legends (Sunset, Friday, 24 June 2011)

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

Last Sunset Standing (Sunset, Thursday, 23 June 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, LAST SUNSET STANDING (second version)(Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

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

As sunset approached I was at a small gathering where I was delivering a commissioned painting; we watched the sky and discussed the colors, speculating on the painting to come. An hour later, almost everything we’d observed had become obsolete. This was “last” in a series of quite different skies.

Update on Friday, June 24, 2011 at 11:04AM by BVD

I wasn’t very happy with the first version that I painted last night, so I’ve done a new one this morning (the one on top). The sky was so strange that I may not have quite gotten it in either case, but ... I feel better now!

Dial Sun (Sunset, Wednesday, 22 June 2011)

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

Solstice in Obscurity (Sunset, Tuesday, 21 June 2011)

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

Based on a True Story (Sunset, Friday, 17 June 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, BASED ON A TRUE STORY (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

A Big Drop Today in Gold (Sunset, Thursday, 16 June 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, A BIG DROP TODAY IN GOLD (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.