Sunset, Monday, 1 March 2010

William Theodore Van Doren. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 16 x 20.

Just now, I paint this sky as if it were mine, I take it with me as if I created it. Out of it will come jets approaching the airport, and stars, lights and the wind. Out of it will come angels, when the time is right. Out of it will come time itself, when the time comes.

Sunset, Sunday, 28 February 2010

William Theodore Van Doren. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 16 x 20.

In many ways the close of February felt like a typical cold March day. Some color came into the sky about 30 minutes before sunset, then retreated before the wind. I whistled for a little of it to come on back.

February’s sunsets can be seen all at one time, here.

Sunset, Saturday, 27 February 2010

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

When the light falls and the sky grows dark, then the world will play the sky back to the night as music, and I will listen for the song as I watched for the sky.

Sunset, Friday, 26 February 2010

William Theodore Van Doren. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 16 x 20.

As suggested by the post from earlier today, our nearest neighbor, on one side, is the U.S. Army’s National Ground Intelligence Center. They came here about five years after I did. I wrote the poem after a long walk in the woods, where I could survey the entire length of NGIC headquarters.

Sunset, Thursday, 25 February 2010

William Theodore Van Doren. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 16 x 20.

Sunset, Wednesday, 24 February 2010

William Theodore Van Doren. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 16 x 20.