Zouaves (Sunset, Tuesday, 28 September 2010)

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

The clouds appeared in so many different styles of dress, they made a most irregular army.

Rain Caverns (Sunset, Monday, 27 September 2010)

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

Cover(ed)t (Sunset, Sunday, 19 September 2010)

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

Light Blanket (Sunset, Thursday, 16 September 2010)

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

Pavement & Pavement (Sunset, Saturday, 11 September 2010)

William Van Doren, Pavement & Pavement (Sunset from Gum Spring, Louisa County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Clouds over Interstate 64. A question is, which of the two roads was I traveling?

A Dozen Cirrus Medallions

A dozen cirrus medallions stretched out across the entire length of a blue sky, like something I don’t think I’ve ever seen – not a line of cirrus or a field, but twelve separate and distinct circular or oval shield-like islands in a row. One was like an x-ray of spine and rib cage, another like a fan you might cool yourself with in a church, and another a big heart-shaped paulownia leaf. One was a ray swimming fast, trailing streaks of bubbles in the water; another was a coat of arms in which you could divine your own emblems; and another was a broad chiseled arrowhead. They all came under the technical cloud designation cirrographicus.