The Closer, Closer (Sunset, Wednesday, 6 October 2010)

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

A Few Breaks (Sunset, Tuesday, 5 October 2010)

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

Return of the Blue Wall, With Variations (Sunset, Monday, 4 October 2010)

William Van Doren, RETURN OF THE BLUE WALL, WITH VARIATIONS (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Over the Blue Wall (Sunset, Sunday, 3 October 2010)

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

October and Smoke (Sunset, Friday, 1 October 2010)

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

In fact it’s not smoke (I’m pretty sure, after two days of heavy rain), but the haze in an otherwise clear sky looked like distant fire and seemed to promise Indian Summer to come.

Lifting (Sunset, Thursday, 30 September 2010)

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

At sunset the rain seemed to be ending (it has since started up again) and clouds overhead turned a strange shade of brown against a strong silver light.