A Light at the End of 2015 – Sunset, Thursday, 31 December 2015

William Van Doren, A LIGHT AT THE END OF 2015. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on Arches watercolor block, 11 x 15.

This completes 10 years of consecutive sunset paintings – every sunset since January 1, 2006.

Twilight 2014 – Sunset, Wednesday, 31 December 2014

William Van Doren, TWILIGHT 2014. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on canvas, 24 x 30.

This painting completes nine years of The Very Rich Hours series of consecutive sunsets. Coming up: Year 10.

Yet Another Auld Acquaintance – Sunset, Monday, 31 December 2012

William Van Doren, YET ANOTHER AULD ACQUAINTANCE. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

This completes the seventh year of The Very Rich Hours sunset series. Happy New Year! ... and see you again tomorrow.

’Twelve Minus One – Sunset, Saturday, 31 December 2011

William Van Doren, TWELVE MINUS ONE. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

New Year’s Eve marks the completion of six years of consecutive sunset paintings.

For Auld Lang Syne (Sunset, Friday, 31 December 2010)

William Van Doren, FOR AULD LANG SYNE (Sunset from Tysons Corner, Fairfax County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Sunset, Thursday, 31 December 2009

William Theodore Van Doren. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 16 x 20.

Chilly and damp with low clouds and fog on New Year’s Eve. This completes five entire calendar years of sunset paintings – 1998, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 – along with the many sunsets from 1995–1997.

This bumpersticker, sole decoration on a late-model Honda Accord, outsmarted my resistance today with its modest and simple realism.

Something Wonderful is about to Happen.

Happy New Year!