Mix-a-Lot – Sunset, Monday, 8 July 2013

William Van Doren, MIX-A-LOT. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Pick Any Number, Choose Any Color – Sunset, Sunday, 7 July 2013

William Van Doren, PICK ANY NUMBER, CHOOSE ANY COLOR. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Title lifted from the Scottish group Churches, or, as they style themselves, Chvrches.

While I Almost Wasn’t Looking – Sunset, Saturday, 6 July 2013

William Van Doren, WHILE I ALMOST WASN’T LOOKING. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

I compare notes with a local photographer. Also feel compelled to mention that while “Waves” by Blondfire has been the soundtrack for most of my paintings lately, I don’t know that I could have turned the corner on this one without the energy of “Radioactive” by Imagine Dragons.

Big Cloud Clearance – Sunset, Friday, 5 July 2013

William Van Doren, BIG CLOUD CLEARANCE. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

An album of notes for this painting at facebook/theveryrichhours.

Orphans of the Storm – Sunset, Wednesday, 3 July 2013

William Van Doren, ORPHANS OF THE STORM. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Fire and Rain – Sunset, Tuesday, 2 July 2013

William Van Doren, FIRE AND RAIN. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

It had been raining for hours and would keep on raining all evening and all night. When I went out at sunset, this is not what I expected.