The Rain Dances (Sunset, Wednesday, 12 October 2011)

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

1% Sun, 99% Cloud (Sunset, Tuesday, 11 October 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, 1% SUN, 99% CLOUD (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

On the Distribution of Color and Light (Sunset, Monday, 10 October 2011)

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

Mashup (Sunset, Sunday, 9 October 2011)

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

Old Yeller (Sunset, Saturday, 8 October 2011)

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

Sunset in a Sandbox (Sunset, Friday, 7 October 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, SUNSET IN A SANDBOX (Sunset from Corydon, Harrison County, Ind.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

I was standing in an empty, bulldozed, prospective shopping center. Right behind me was one of those big wooden signs with a map of all the sites.