Cloud Consumed by Light (Sunset, Wednesday, 10 August 2011)

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

Flotation Notation (Sunset, Tuesday, 9 August 2011)

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

Obscure Agenda (Sunset, Monday, 8 August 2011)

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

Scribbled on the Back of a Day (Sunset, Sunday, 7 August 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, SCRIBBLED ON THE BACK OF A DAY (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Rain and Light (Sunset, Saturday, 6 August 2011)

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

Shades of Blue-Gray Plus Assorted Other, Possibly Quasi-Imagined, Colors for the Sake of the Greater Good (Sunset, Friday, 5 August 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, SHADES OF BLUE-GRAY PLUS ASSORTED OTHER, POSSIBLY QUASI-IMAGINED, COLORS FOR THE SAKE OF THE GREATER GOOD (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Translation: I get a little retsless when it’s cloudy every day. I think I realized at some point I could be a painter of absolutely ‘naturalistic’ skies, but that I’d then have to suppress every instinct.