Descript (Sunset, Tuesday, 25 January 2011)

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

I realize there’s no such word, it’s just my reaction to the idea that certain skies are nondescript.

Clouds moving in at sunset, rain and some snow in the forecast.

The Pink Ray (Sunset, Monday, 24 January 2011)

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

The sky had already been fairly ridiculous, but then a subtle pink ray turned into an all-out, well-defined radiant pink searchlight beam all the way up the sky. Mama said they’ll be days like this ...

Late Bloomer (Sunset, Sunday, 23 January 2011)

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

E Pluribus Unum (Sunset, Friday, 21 January 2011)

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

Out of the many skies I followed for half an hour (and here and there over half a mile), this one emerged to represent them all.

The Highly Improbable Ending (Sunset, Thursday, 20 January 2011)

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

Weather Pattern (Sunset, Monday, 17 January 2011)

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