Steamship Earth (Sunset, Wednesday, 20 July 2011)

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

Summer and Smoke (Sunset, Monday, 18 July 2011)

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

It’s not smoke, it just feels steamy enough for a Tennessee Williams play. I remember the trailer for the film really got my attention, with my family at the drive-in, when I was 12 or 13. I could tell that was one movie they were not going to take us to see . . .

Broiler On High (Sunset, Tuesday, 12 July 2011)

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

Feints and Maneuvers (Sunset, Monday, 11 July 2011)

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

But no rain, and still about 90° approaching 9 p.m.