One Foggy Christmas Eve – Sunset, Monday, 24 December 2012

William Van Doren, ONE FOGGY CHRISTMAS EVE. Sunset from Peakland Place, Lynchburg, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

At the entrance to Peakland Place, Lynchburg, Virginia.

Too Big to Wrap – Sunset, Sunday, 23 December 2012

William Van Doren, TOO BIG TO WRAP. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Red Right Returning – Sunset, Saturday, 22 December 2012

William Van Doren, RED RIGHT RETURNING. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Title, a nautical term drilled into the skulls of (for example) young kids learning to pilot a sailboat, here refers to the sunset coming back toward the north after the solstice.

Solstice in Baltimore – Sunset, Friday, 21 December 2012

William Van Doren, SOLSTICE IN BALTIMORE. Sunset from Mount Royal, Baltimore, Md. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

This view was from the top of an eight-story parking garage in the Mount Royal area of Baltimore, with a snow flurry just beginning.

The Rain Confederation – Sunset, Thursday, 20 December 2012

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

Just beginning to rain at sunset.

Stream – Sunset, Wednesday, 19 December 2012

William Van Doren, STREAM. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.