Running Before the Rain (Sunset, Tuesday, 15 March 2011)

William Van Doren, RUNNING BEFORE THE RAIN (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

What Goes On Outside (During a Meeting) (Sunset, Thursday, 10 March 2011)

William Van Doren, WHAT GOES ON OUTSIDE (DURING A MEETING) (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

For my meeting-mates, artist/designer Michael Fitts, photographer Robert Llewellyn, and author Preston Thomas.

Saturated (Sunset, Wednesday, 9 March 2011)

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

Flood Tide (Sunset, Sunday, 6 March 2011)

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

Nearby Piney Mountain in heavy rains that began before dawn.

Weather Map (Sunset, Saturday, 5 March 2011)

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

“Spreading a Memory All Through the Sky” (Sunset, Thursday, 24 February 2011)

William Van Doren, “SPREADING A MEMORY ALL THROUGH THE SKY” (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.), oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Title from Suzanne Vega’s “In Liverpool.” Despite what I’ve said about “no revisions,” this experimental image may appear again tomorrow in somewhat altered form.

Update on Friday, February 25, 2011 at 10:53AM by BVD

Image as shown is the altered form. Not at all what I expected. This involved what was for me a somewhat artificial or calculated three-step, 24-hour process, but I now understand better what I was going for and see a way I may be able to do something much more successful, and more natural, wet-in-wet at sunset.