Harvest – Moonrise, Wednesday, 18 September 2013

William Van Doren, HARVEST. Moonrise from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Luna Obscura – Moonrise at Sunset (Inset), Tuesday, 20 August 2013

William Van Doren, LUNA OBSCURA. Moonrise and Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Under Sail – Moonrise, Saturday, 22 June 2013

William Van Doren, UNDER SAIL. Moonrise from Old Haven Beach, Mathews County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

This was the view looking in the opposite direction from my previous painting, on the Chesapeake Bay. The moon became much brighter, of course, but I love this early phase when it just barely seems to emerge from the sky.

Two Horizons – Sunset and Moonrise, Thursday, 25 April 2013

William Van Doren, TWO HORIZONS. Sunset and Moonrise from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Autumn Moon Festival – Moonrise at Sunset, Sunday, 30 September 2012

William Van Doren, AUTUMN MOON FESTIVAL. Moonrise at Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

(Moon in the painting is more magenta-gold than the red seen in this photo.)

Blue Moon Rising – Moonrise at Sunset, Friday, 31 August 2012

William Van Doren, BLUE MOON RISING. Moonrise at Sunset, from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Moonrise at sunset, over the Southwest Mountains east of Charlottesville.