Variations on Clear and Cold – Sunset, Thursday, 12 December 2013

William Van Doren, VARIATIONS ON CLEAR AND COLD. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

The Circle Game – Sunset, Wednesday, 11 December 2013

William Van Doren, THE CIRCLE GAME. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Thanks/apologies to Joni Mitchell for the title (and the song that I now cannot get out of my head).

Amethystine – Sunset, Tuesday, 10 December 2013

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

Wall-to-Wall Cold Gray Mist – Sunset, Monday, 9 December 2013

William Van Doren, WALL-TO-WALL COLD GRAY MIST. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Unknown Precipitation – Sunset, Sunday, 8 December 2013

William Van Doren, UNKNOWN PRECIPITATION. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

No, I didn’t make up the title, nor is it something out of Don DeLillo. “Unknown Precipitation” is exactly what the local National Weather Service station at Charlottesville airport reported last night during our mix of sleet, rain, freezing rain, and other mysteries.

From a Lowe’s Parking Lot – Sunset, Saturday, 7 December 2013

William Van Doren, FROM A LOWE’S PARKING LOT. Sunset from Ruckersville, Greene County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

In uptown Ruckersville, Virginia, getting chainsaw parts. Always important at my house but especially with an ice storm on the horizon.