The Color Gray Would Like to Renegotiate Its Contract (Sunset, Monday, 19 September 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, THE COLOR GRAY WOULD LIKE TO RENEGOTIATE ITS CONTRACT (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Hello Ceiling (Sunset, Sunday, 18 September 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, HELLO CEILING (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

This improbable greeting can be found in one of my favorite recordings of all time, Faron Young’s “Hello Walls,” written by Willie Nelson.

Sooner and Later (We All See Double Sometimes) (Sunset, Saturday, 17 September 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, SOONER AND LATER (WE ALL SEE DOUBLE SOMETIMES) (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

This is an amalgam of skies I glimpsed on my drive before sunset, when clouds were bright, and at sunset, when they were dark. (Someone forgot to tell the clouds it was sunset.) Title borrowed from Charlottesville band The Bloody Angle.

Ultralight (Sunset, Friday, 16 September 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, ULTRALIGHT (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Dramatic Departure (Sunset, Thursday, 15 September 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, DRAMATIC DEPARTURE (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Departure not just of the day, but seemingly of summer itself.

There’s a Riot Goin’ On (Sunset, Wednesday, 14 September 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, THERE’S A RIOT GOIN’ ON (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.Although this isn’t the title of the song I’m thinking of (“Riot in Cellblock #9”), it will serve as a belated tribute to the great (Baltimore’s own) Jerry Leiber.