Evening Star (Sunset, Friday, 10 June 2011)

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

Typical August Sunset (Sunset, Thursday, 9 June 2011)

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

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Download (Sunset, Wednesday, 8 June 2011)

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

Epilog (Sunset, Tuesday, 7 June 2011)

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

Often not only the skies change, but the titles as well. (This of course can be very aggravating.) At first the murky clouds in the oncoming heat and humidity somehow struck me as a Venusian blanket. Then this resolved into streaks and stripes of yellow and dull violet ... “Planet Waves,” I thought. A few minutes later I happened to look up – it was either “Epilog” or “Bouillabaisse.”

Air Show (Sunset, Monday, 6 June 2011)

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

Low to High (Sunset, Sunday, 5 June 2011)

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

Mountains were barely visible in clouds, so I moved the perspective up from the horizon. Title refers to a certain kind of lacrosse shot or to the vast distance between two decks of clouds.