Indiana Retail Twilight (Sunset, Friday, 23 September 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, INDIANA RETAIL TWILIGHT (Sunset from Corydon, Harrison County, Ind.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

A commercial strip in Corydon, Indiana.

Open-and-Shut Case (Sunset, Tuesday, 20 September 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, OPEN-AND-SHUT CASE (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

The Color Gray Would Like to Renegotiate Its Contract (Sunset, Monday, 19 September 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, THE COLOR GRAY WOULD LIKE TO RENEGOTIATE ITS CONTRACT (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Hello Ceiling (Sunset, Sunday, 18 September 2011)

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

This improbable greeting can be found in one of my favorite recordings of all time, Faron Young’s “Hello Walls,” written by Willie Nelson.

Sooner and Later (We All See Double Sometimes) (Sunset, Saturday, 17 September 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, SOONER AND LATER (WE ALL SEE DOUBLE SOMETIMES) (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

This is an amalgam of skies I glimpsed on my drive before sunset, when clouds were bright, and at sunset, when they were dark. (Someone forgot to tell the clouds it was sunset.) Title borrowed from Charlottesville band The Bloody Angle.

Ultralight (Sunset, Friday, 16 September 2011)

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