Re-Dissolve – Sunset (Second Version), Friday, 31 May 2013

William Van Doren, RE-DISSOLVE. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 17 x 23. 

I thought I would try painting yesterday’s sunset on a larger scale — 17x23 instead of 13x19, or ~60% larger — to see if I could find my way to something different. Came out pretty much the same ...

Slow Dissolve – Sunset, Friday, 31 May 2013

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

No Fences Facing – Sunset, Thursday, 30 May 2013

William Van Doren, NO FENCES FACING. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Late to the Party – Sunset/Twilight, Wednesday, 29 May 2013

William Van Doren, LATE TO THE PARTY. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Aura – Sunset, Tuesday, 28 May 2013

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

Stone and Blood – Sunset, Monday, 27 May 2013

William Van Doren, STONE AND BLOOD. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

For my father, Theodore Van Doren (1926–1980), Staff Sgt. with the Fourth Armored Division, Patton’s Third Army, 1944–1946.