Back in Time (Sunset, Sunday, 16 October 2011)

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

... and back in Virginia

From Emily’s Bridge (Sunset, Saturday, 15 October 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, FROM EMILY’S BRIDGE (Sunset from Corydon, Harrison County, Ind.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.At my sister’s place there’s a wooden footbridge from the driveway to the house, over a small brushy ravine, and at the driveway end, a great view to the west. I perched atop her monstrous white 1999 Dodge Ram 2500 Cummins 24-valve turbo diesel truck (which she called Billy Blanco) for this view. We had just had a great day remembering Emily.

Uninspired in Indiana (Sunset, Friday, 14 October 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, UNINSPIRED IN INDIANA (Sunset from Corydon, Harrison County, Ind.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

To me this painting amounts to a quick glance out the hotel window and reflects my preoccupation with my sister’s memorial service, which we were having the next day. 

Sunset Over the Kanawha (Sunset, Thursday, 13 October 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, SUNSET OVER THE KANAWHA (Sunset from Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Locally pronounced “Kuh-NAW.”

Checking In (Thursday, 13 October 2011)

In Charleston, West Virginia, having just sketched the sunset from the sixth-floor roof of a parking garage. (Picture taken from a hotel across the way. Helpful annotation added by the photographer.) My view to the west was much more interesting than this. Paintings to be posted after the weekend ...

The Rain Dances (Sunset, Wednesday, 12 October 2011)

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