Gone in 60 Seconds (Sunset, Monday, 20 September 2010)

Monday, September 20, 2010 at 08:50PM
BVD in Blue Ridge, Sunset Paintings, The Black Keys

William Van Doren, GONE IN 60 SECONDS (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

There was color in the sky, I looked down for a moment, and when I looked up, it was gone. Hence the title. I did try to retrieve it. While I was painting, a song by The Black Keys came up with a line I can’t seem to get tired of: “She’s long gone, like Moses through the corn.”

Article originally appeared on The Very Rich Hours (http://www.theveryrichhours.com/).