Softcover – Sunset, Tuesday, 3 July 2012

William Van Doren, SOFTCOVER. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13.25 x 19.

Aflame – Sunset, Monday, 2 July 2012

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

Mercury Blues – Sunset, Friday, 29 June 2012

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

Aftermath of 104°F, with first signs of storms building. With the proper delivery and intonation, the same as murky blues.

Escape of the Crazy Red Ball (Sunset, Friday, 29 July 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, ESCAPE OF THE CRAZY RED BALL (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

My wife, Laura, called on her way home about 20 minutes before sunset and said, “The sun’s a crazy red ball” – this with the emphasis on red, as in a police drama.

“It is?”

“Yes, it’s a crazy red ball in the sky, all big and red and pink.”

I went right out to see it, but it was gone . . .

Fever Dream (Sunset, Friday, 22 July 2011)

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

102° today at the airport (about four miles away). When it’s 90° in the farmhouse kitchen, but no one’s been cooking, that’s kinda hot.

Incendiary Device (Sunset, Thursday, 21 July 2011)

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