Grey Gardens – Sunset, Thursday, 26 January 2012

William Van Doren, GREY GARDENS. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Why Settle for Gray When You Can Have Gray? – Overcast at Sunset, Lunar New Year, Monday, 23 January 2012

William Van Doren, WHY SETTLE FOR GRAY WHEN YOU CAN HAVE GRAY? Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

All Kinds of Gray – Sunset, Friday, 16 December 2011

William Van Doren, ALL KINDS OF GRAY. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Anatomy of Gray (Sunset, Monday, 28 November 2011)

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

Variations on Gray in Search of Gray (Sunset, Monday, 23 August 2010)

William Van Doren, Variations on Gray in Search of Gray (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

I wasn’t sure when I started whether this sunset was going to be “Variations on Gray in Search of the Night” (which seemed kind of obvious) or maybe “Variations on Gray in Search of Peace” (precious). Decided on the title as shown.

Sunset, Tuesday, 13 April 2010

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

Overcast at sunset, with light rain here and there. I questioned the clouds as to whether they were really as all-fired gray as they said they were, and what they might be hiding.