Red Right Returning – Sunset, Saturday, 22 December 2012

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

Title, a nautical term drilled into the skulls of (for example) young kids learning to pilot a sailboat, here refers to the sunset coming back toward the north after the solstice.

The Rain Confederation – Sunset, Thursday, 20 December 2012

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

Just beginning to rain at sunset.

Stream – Sunset, Wednesday, 19 December 2012

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

Pot Luck – Sunset/Twilight, Tuesday, 18 December 2012

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

Light Is Where You Find It – Sunset, Sunday, 16 December 2012

William Van Doren, LIGHT IS WHERE YOU FIND IT. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

A Not Entirely Wasted Day – Sunset, Saturday, 15 December 2012

William Van Doren, A NOT ENTIRELY WASTED DAY. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

I thought of the title when the sun broke through beneath the clouds. The phrase concludes an anecdote that a Scottish friend told me when we were both in L.A., and since then, every so often, he just repeats the punchline. But in fact I never understood the anecdote because I couldn’t follow his accent! David in County Limerick, this is for you, with my apologies.