Side Mirror Synthesis – Sunset, Sunday, 30 December 2012

William Van Doren, SIDE MIRROR SYNTHESIS. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Watched the colors of clouds, sky, and mountains behind us, driving from Lynchburg, then saw where they fit on the horizon at home, in late twilight.

One Foggy Christmas Eve – Sunset, Monday, 24 December 2012

William Van Doren, ONE FOGGY CHRISTMAS EVE. Sunset from Peakland Place, Lynchburg, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

At the entrance to Peakland Place, Lynchburg, Virginia.

Scorched Purple – Sunset, Friday, 6 April 2012

William Van Doren, SCORCHED PURPLE. Sunset from Lynchburg, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

From a Municipal Flower Bed (Sunset, Sunday, 13 November 2011)

William Van Doren, FROM A MUNICIPAL FLOWER BED (Sunset from Rivermont Avenue, Lynchburg, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

I don’t know what the good people of Lynchburg thought about the guy standing with a sketchbook and looking toward the sunset from a flower bed in front of a small sign marking the western end of the Rivermont Historic District – junction of Rivermont Avenue, V.E.S. Road and Peakland Place. But I swear I didn’t step on the flowers . . .

Rivermont Collage (Sunset, Monday, 12 September 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, RIVERMONT COLLAGE (Sunset from Rivermont Avenue, Lynchburg, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

A loose composite of the sequence of skies and mountains I saw while driving along Rivermont Avenue in Lynchburg. I’m very happy I didn’t hurt anyone in the street while I looked between and over buildings, around and through trees, etc.

Hill City West (Sunset, Friday, 26 November 2010)

William Van Doren, HILL CITY WEST (Sunset from Lynchburg, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.