Dial Sun (Sunset, Wednesday, 22 June 2011)

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

Solstice in Obscurity (Sunset, Tuesday, 21 June 2011)

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

North Light (Sunset, Monday, 20 June 2011)

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

With multiple blankets of cloud draped everywhere else, I sighted even farther north than the near-solstice sun would normally dictate, over nearby Piney Mountain.

So Many Grays, Resistance Is Pointless (Sunset, Sunday, 19 June 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, SO MANY GRAYS, RESISTANCE IS POINTLESS (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Upon This Bank and Shoal of Time (Sunset, Saturday, 18 June 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, UPON THIS BANK AND SHOAL OF TIME (Sunset from Staunton, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Actually I was not so much upon a bank as I was on top of a parking garage looking WSW in Staunton, Va., during intermission of American Shakespeare Center’s terrific Macbeth at Blackfriars Playhouse. If you haven’t seen a show at Blackfriars, you’re missing a great experience.

Based on a True Story (Sunset, Friday, 17 June 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, BASED ON A TRUE STORY (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.