Open Source – Sunset, Wednesday, 22 July 2015

William Van Doren, OPEN SOURCE. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on canvas, 24 x 30.

Summer Side of Life – Sunset, Tuesday, 21 July 2015

William Van Doren, SUMMER SIDE OF LIFE. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on Arches watercolor block, 17 x 23.

Title from the Gordon Lightfoot song.

Stillness Is the Move – Sunset, Monday, 20 July 2015

William Van Doren, STILLNESS IS THE MOVE. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on Arches watercolor block, 17 x 23.

Title from the song by Dirty Projectors.

Lazy-Hazy-Crazy – Sunset, Sunday, 19 July 2015

William Van Doren, LAZY-HAZY-CRAZY. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on canvas, 24 x 30.

From the Nat King Cole song, and if this becomes an earworm for anyone, I sincerely apologize. I don’t know about “Lazy,” but “Hazy” definitely applied. Although the sun was nowhere visible in the soupy gray haze, at about 93° (34°), its presence was everywhere felt. As for “Crazy,” I have nothing to say.

Sun in the Bank – Sunset, Saturday, 18 July 2015

William Van Doren, SUN IN THE BANK. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on canvas, 24 x 30.

This sunset, in Lynchburg, Virginia, was difficult to see, not only because of trees and houses, but because the sun disappeared in the typical midsummer blue-gray haze. But we mustn’t let a little thing like that stop us.

Referred Light – Sunset, Friday, 17 July 2015

William Van Doren, REFERRED LIGHT. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on canvas, 24 x 30.

Anything resembling symbolism was unconscious and unplanned and probably has more than one meaning.