From Rose to Rust – Sunset/Twilight, Thursday, 4 October 2012

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

I was just about to paint a perfectly nice sunset when I looked up and saw this strangely radiant brownish twilight.

Pardon Me While I Make the Sky a Little Brighter – Sunset, Wednesday, 3 October 2012

William Van Doren, PARDON ME WHILE I MAKE THE SKY A LITTLE BRIGHTER. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Éminence Grise – Sunset, Tuesday, 2 October 2012

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

Raining at sunset.

Interrogating the Rain – Sunset, Monday, 1 October 2012

William Van Doren, INTERROGATING THE RAIN. Sunset 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.)

From Sperryville Cemetery – Sunset, Saturday, 29 September 2012

William Van Doren, FROM SPERRYVILLE CEMETERY. Sunset from Sperryville, Rappahannock County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

It can be difficult to see the sunset from Sperryville itself, because it’s right next to the Blue Ridge. So I drove a mile or so east to the cemetery, up on a little rise. The crowd there was a lot quieter than the one at the opening for the fantastic show of new work by Mike Fitts at Haley Fine Art.