K.I.S.S. – Sunset, Wednesday, 25 September 2013

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

Milk Glass and Green Ice – Sunset, Tuesday, 24 September 2013

William Van Doren, MILK GLASS AND GREEN ICE. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Fall Pattern – Sunset, Monday, 23 September 2013

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

= (version 2) – Sunset, Sunday, 22 September 2013

William Van Doren, = (version 2). Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Chronologically this was actually the first of the two paintings; many of my sunsets start out something like this, in various colors and patterns. This time I decided not to paint over it.

= – Sunset, Sunday, 22 September 2013

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

Twilight at Sardis – Sunset/Twilight, Saturday, 21 September 2013

William Van Doren, TWILIGHT AT SARDIS. Sunset from Sardis, Amherst County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Not Sardi’s, the venerable New York restaurant (where I was required to take authors to lunch, as a literary agency editor). Sardis, Virginia, west of Amherst, in the rain. Shady Mountain’s two peaks at left and center, the ridge of Gum Mountain on the right.