Early Afternoon, Sunday, 23 May 2010

William Theodore Van Doren. Oil on watercolor block, 4 x 7.

Thunderstorms. A small painting.

Sunset, Saturday, 22 May 2010

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

Raining all day, and in the afternoon near whiteout in the sky, except just before sunset the clouds broke and a crazy rosy light showed up. It was gone in two minutes, and the clouds closed up again, but it was fun while it lasted.

Sunset, Friday, 21 May 2010

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

First the day was bright and warm, then in the afternoon came the clouds. Toward sunset the massive red oaks and white oaks created a green shadow interior as they buttressed the gray shadow interior of the sky.

Sunset, Tuesday, 18 May 2010

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

Sunset, Sunday, 16 May 2010

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

Rain coming.

Sunset, Friday, 14 May 2010

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

Surrounded by storms (much to the chagrin of Flint), including a huge steel-gray tower to the east, at my back, with sheets of rain and of lightning, I walked up the road a quarter-mile to get a better look at the mountains, the bunch of paintbrushes in my fist a magic deterrent, no doubt, to lightning bolts.