Seasonally Adjusted (Sunset, Friday, 30 September 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED (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.

A Hazy Shade of Summer (Sunset, Saturday, 20 August 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, A HAZY SHADE OF SUMMER (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Ultimately July (Sunset, Sunday, 31 July 2011)

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

Summer and Smoke (Sunset, Monday, 18 July 2011)

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

It’s not smoke, it just feels steamy enough for a Tennessee Williams play. I remember the trailer for the film really got my attention, with my family at the drive-in, when I was 12 or 13. I could tell that was one movie they were not going to take us to see . . .

“And We’ll Remember This When We Are Old and Ancient” (Sunset, Friday, 1 July 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, “AND WE’LL REMEMBER THIS WHEN WE ARE OLD AND ANCIENT” (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

(July, July!)