Clouds: Theory and Practice (Sunset, Wednesday, 3 August 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, CLOUDS: THEORY AND PRACTICE (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Signified (Sunset, Tuesday, 2 August 2011)

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

Carnival (Sunset, Monday, 1 August 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, CARNIVAL (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.

The Higher Ceiling (Sunset, Saturday, 30 July 2011)

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

Escape of the Crazy Red Ball (Sunset, Friday, 29 July 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, ESCAPE OF THE CRAZY RED BALL (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

My wife, Laura, called on her way home about 20 minutes before sunset and said, “The sun’s a crazy red ball” – this with the emphasis on red, as in a police drama.

“It is?”

“Yes, it’s a crazy red ball in the sky, all big and red and pink.”

I went right out to see it, but it was gone . . .