Off the Radar (Sunset, Friday, 26 August 2011)

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

I tried to locate the two distant bands of blue-gray storm clouds on the National Weather Service radar maps, but even out to West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky, they were nowhere to be found.

Twilight of a Storm (Sunset,Thursday, 25 August 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, TWILIGHT OF A STORM (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Neither Here Nor There (Sunset, Wednesday, 24 August 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, NEITHER HERE NOR THERE (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Aftershock (Sunset, Tuesday, 23 August 2011)

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

Well, I expected my title was going to be “Shaken Not Stirred,” with the notation “a peaceful end to our earth-shaking day,” but then, right at 8:05 as I started painting, the aftershock, and a better title in any event.

It Goes to Show You Never Can Tell (Sunset/Twilight, Monday, 22 August 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, IT GOES TO SHOW YOU NEVER CAN TELL (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Chuck Berry said it, a surprising twilight sky proved it.

Twilight Jailbreak (Sunset, Sunday, 21 August 2011)

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

After sunset the light to the north finally broke through the post-storm clouds and haze.