Hello Ceiling (Sunset, Sunday, 18 September 2011)

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

This improbable greeting can be found in one of my favorite recordings of all time, Faron Young’s “Hello Walls,” written by Willie Nelson.

Sooner and Later (We All See Double Sometimes) (Sunset, Saturday, 17 September 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, SOONER AND LATER (WE ALL SEE DOUBLE SOMETIMES) (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

This is an amalgam of skies I glimpsed on my drive before sunset, when clouds were bright, and at sunset, when they were dark. (Someone forgot to tell the clouds it was sunset.) Title borrowed from Charlottesville band The Bloody Angle.

Ultralight (Sunset, Friday, 16 September 2011)

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

Wideout (Sunset, Saturday, 10 September 2011)

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

Cold Blue Clouds for a Warm Blue Day (Sunset, Friday, 9 September 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, COLD BLUE CLOUDS FOR A WARM BLUE DAY (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Today was indeed beautiful. The light, after all the rain, was not like light but something like a sphere of clarity.

Venusian Sunset (Sunset, Wednesday, 7 September 2011)

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