Bed of Rose – Sunset, Monday, 9 September 2013

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

I Went Down to Taneytown – Sunset, Saturday, 7 September 2013

William Van Doren, I WENT DOWN TO TANEYTOWN. Sunset from WMC Drive and Taneytown Pike, Westminster, Carroll County, Md. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Well, it was the sun, not me, that went down to Taneytown; this was the view west along Taneytown Pike from Westminster, Maryland. Line taken from a pretty good Steve Earle song in which he decided to mispronounce — I mean, change the pronunciation of — Taneytown to suit himself.

Sunset Is Where You Find It – Sunset, Friday, 6 September 2013

William Van Doren, SUNSET IS WHERE YOU FIND IT. Sunset from Lynchburg, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Lynchburg, Virginia, styles itself as The City of Seven Hills, thereby setting up a rather hopeless competition with a certain world metropolis you may have heard of. It felt like I climbed four of the seven, to catch the sunset before going in to see a benefit concert for the Lynchburg Academy of Fine Arts. When I got to the top, in a parking lot amid rooftops at Sixth and Clay, I still couldn’t see most of the sunset for the tree-lined street on my left. So I decided to paint it anyway, within the trees.

Dirty Haze and Late-Appearing Rays – Sunset/Twilight, Thursday, 5 September 2013

William Van Doren, DIRTY HAZE AND LATE-APPEARING RAYS. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Living Large – Sunset, Wednesday, 4 September 2013

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

Active Principle – Sunset, Tuesday, 3 September 2013

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