The Color in the Cold (Sunset/Twilight, Tuesday, 7 December 2010)

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

Secrets to the Wind (Sunset, Monday, 6 December 2010)

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

Titled after a fragment of a sunset song by Roy Orbison.

Near-Snow Experience (Sunset, Saturday, 4 December 2010)

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

Oakfall (Sunset, Friday, 3 December 2010)

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

Just before sunset I felled a large white oak, dead of course, for firewood. It struck me that the day gone by could provide fuel much like the fallen tree, except the day is never entirely consumed.

Air Power (Sunset, Wednesday, 1 December 2010)

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

Therapeutic Twilight (Sunset/Twilight, Sunday, 28 November 2010)

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

Prescription for gastroenteritis, aka “stomach bug”: get rest, drink fluids, paint sunset.