Thin Air (Sunset, Wednesday, 5 October 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, THIN AIR (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

I’ll be off the map and unable to post for a few days – I hope to catch up with you on Sunday, starting with the Thursday-Friday sunsets from southwest Indiana.

The Hour of Compassion (Sunset, Tuesday, 4 October 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, THE HOUR OF COMPASSION (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Struggling Against the Chill (Sunset, Monday, 3 October 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, STRUGGLING AGAINST THE CHILL (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Seasonally Adjusted (Sunset, Friday, 30 September 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Home in the Clouds (Sunset, Sunday, 25 September 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, HOME IN THE CLOUDS (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Sorrow and Solace at Scout Mountain (Sunset, Saturday, 24 September 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, SORROW AND SOLACE AT SCOUT MOUNTAIN (Sunset from Scout Mountain, Corydon, Harrison County, Ind.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

I had come to Indiana, with my brother Steve and our spouses, because my sister, Emily, six years younger, had very unexpectedly died on the 20th. The great, and greatly bereaved, people at Scout Mountain Winery, where she worked part-time, hosted a small party for us, her daughter and some of Emily’s wonderful friends – wonderful to her and to us.