Variations on Overcast (Sunset, Friday, 2 September 2011)

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

Fold (Sunset, Tuesday, 30 August 2011)

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

OBZ from OBX (Sunset, Saturday, 27 August 2011)

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

Outer bands from the Outer Banks.

Hurricanes, even at some distance, create strange atmospheres and bizarre light that can be sick in both senses of the term. This was the middle phase of three surreal skies in quick succession.

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.

Do the Continental (Sunset, Thursday, 18 August 2011)

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

Some skies are just very strange.

Uh ... About the Other Night ... (Version No. 2, Sunset, Tuesday, 9 August 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, FLOTATION NOTATION, 2ND VERSION (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Long story, but this rather strange painting is now my preferred version of “Flotation Notation” (Sunset, Tuesday, August 9th). Funny, the process of learning not to fight your instincts.