Meanwhile, Outside the Party (Sunset, Wednesday, 31 August 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, MEANWHILE, OUTSIDE THE PARTY (Sunset from Madison Mills, Madison County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

I wasn’t able to post last night because I was at a party out in Madison County, near Orange – at Woodberry Forest. Any inconvenience was more than compensated for by their enormous view of the horizon.

Fold (Sunset, Tuesday, 30 August 2011)

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

Fizz (Sunset, Monday, 29 August 2011)

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

OBZ from OBX, Version 2 (Sunset, Saturday, 27 August 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, OBZ FROM OBX, VERSION 2 (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on canvas, 16 x 20.

A second shot at “Outer Bands from the Outer Banks” and the strange atmosphere generated by Hurricane Irene.

Time Goes Home (Sunset, Sunday, 28 August 2011)

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

OBZ from OBX (Sunset, Saturday, 27 August 2011)

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

Outer bands from the Outer Banks.

Hurricanes, even at some distance, create strange atmospheres and bizarre light that can be sick in both senses of the term. This was the middle phase of three surreal skies in quick succession.