Bright Passage, Dark Chapter (Sunset, Monday, 24 October 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, BRIGHT PASSAGE, DARK CHAPTER (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

This is what they call “a 20% chance of isolated showers” (it was raining here within five minutes) – between a Mostly Sunny day and a Mostly Clear night.

Background for a Bat (Sunset, Sunday, 23 October 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, BACKGROUND FOR A BAT (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

The bat was flying somersaults nearby in the field, between me and the sunset.

Catch-22 (Sunset, Saturday, 22 October 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, CATCH-22 (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Shift South (Sunset/Twilight, Friday, 21 October 2011)

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

Sunset proper was a diagonal wall of cold blue cloud with a pale sky above; I was about to do that when I saw this, 90° to the left of my usual view.

Piedmont Blues (Sunset, Thursday, 20 October 2011)

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

Drizzlin’ Showers (Sunset, Wednesday, 19 October 2011)

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

Title taken from Chuck Berry.