To the Windward of Lee (Sunset, Monday, Labor Day, 5 September 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, TO THE WINDWARD OF LEE (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Not sure what it really means to be to the “windward” of a [former] tropical storm, but ... works for me. Heavy rain just beginning.

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.

Off the Radar (Sunset, Friday, 26 August 2011)

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

I tried to locate the two distant bands of blue-gray storm clouds on the National Weather Service radar maps, but even out to West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky, they were nowhere to be found.

Twilight Jailbreak (Sunset, Sunday, 21 August 2011)

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

After sunset the light to the north finally broke through the post-storm clouds and haze.

An Unexpected Moment in the Storm (Sunset, Sunday, 14 August 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, AN UNEXPECTED MOMENT IN THE STORM (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Our big storms still had hours to go when I went out to check the sunset horizon, which I assumed would be a wall of gray. This opening lasted for only another minute. The cloud draped over Piney Mountain really was at least that blue.

Obscure Agenda (Sunset, Monday, 8 August 2011)

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