The Hounds of Heaven – Sunset, Saturday, 2 August 2014

William Van Doren, THE HOUNDS OF HEAVEN. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on Arches, 17 x 23.

Eight hours after the passing of a very special foxhound. 

Dog Day Afternoon – Sunset, Tuesday, 17 January 2012

William Van Doren, DOG DAY AFTERNOON. Sunset from Westfield Road, Charlottesville, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

At the vet, 15 minutes before it started raining.

Tweets Illustrated: What I Saw At Breakfast, Part 2

William Van Doren, pencil on CVS notepad, 4x6.

Tweets Illustrated: Hickory Branch, Hickory Trail

William Van Doren, pencil on CVS scratch pads, 4 x 6.

From the Moment & Horizon Twitter feed.

Extemporaneous Song for My Hound Dog

As we prepare to go out on our thrice-weekly cross-country expedition ...

Holes in my socks
Head full of rocks
Live in a box
With a dog who talks ...

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.