An Unexpected Moment in the Storm (Sunset, Sunday, 14 August 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, AN UNEXPECTED MOMENT IN THE STORM (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Our big storms still had hours to go when I went out to check the sunset horizon, which I assumed would be a wall of gray. This opening lasted for only another minute. The cloud draped over Piney Mountain really was at least that blue.

Rain and Light (Sunset, Saturday, 6 August 2011)

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

Raining & Not Raining (Sunset, Monday, 25 July 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, RAINING & NOT RAINING (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Feints and Maneuvers (Sunset, Monday, 11 July 2011)

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

But no rain, and still about 90° approaching 9 p.m.

Box of Rain (Sunset, Friday, 8 July 2011)

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

Twilight’s Last Gleaming (Sunset, Monday, 4 July 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, TWILIGHT’S LAST GLEAMING (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.