Form Follows Function – Sunset, Sunday, 29 June 2014

William Van Doren, FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on Arches, 17 x 23.

Reading Between the Lines – Sunset, Saturday, 28 June 2014

William Van Doren, READING BETWEEN THE LINES. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on Arches, 17 x 23.

In a Fragonard Neighborhood – Sunset, Friday, 27 June 2014

William Van Doren, IN A FRAGONARD NEIGHBORHOOD. Sunset from Hilltop Road, Charlottesville, Va. Oil on Arches, 17 x 23.

I was in an old Charlottesville area near the junction of Blue Ridge Road and Hilltop, and while the French court painter Fragonard might have found the homes not quite grand by Versailles standards, and the architecture just a bit Anglo, the places are plenty nice, and with the great trees and big sky I was reminded of his work, or of the world suggested by it. I love all that romantic Fragonard and Boucher stuff and I don’t care who knows it. Anyone who paints the clouds and trees of high summer — not to mention beautiful women on a swing — is alright by me.

Downpour Outpour – Sunset, Thursday, 26 June 2014

William Van Doren, DOWNPOUR OUTPOUR. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on Arches, 17 x 23.

Vector Art – Sunset, Wednesday, 25 June 2014

William Van Doren, VECTOR ART. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on Arches, 17 x 23.

The Date of the Painting Is the Same Thing as the Painting – Sunset, Tuesday, 24 June 2014

William Van Doren, THE DATE OF THE PAINTING IS THE SAME THING AS THE PAINTING. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on Arches, 17 x 23.