Ultralight (Sunset, Friday, 16 September 2011)

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

Dramatic Departure (Sunset, Thursday, 15 September 2011)

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

Departure not just of the day, but seemingly of summer itself.

There’s a Riot Goin’ On (Sunset, Wednesday, 14 September 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, THERE’S A RIOT GOIN’ ON (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.Although this isn’t the title of the song I’m thinking of (“Riot in Cellblock #9”), it will serve as a belated tribute to the great (Baltimore’s own) Jerry Leiber.

Sweet Faded Rose (Sunset, Tuesday, 13 September 2011)

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

Rivermont Collage (Sunset, Monday, 12 September 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, RIVERMONT COLLAGE (Sunset from Rivermont Avenue, Lynchburg, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

A loose composite of the sequence of skies and mountains I saw while driving along Rivermont Avenue in Lynchburg. I’m very happy I didn’t hurt anyone in the street while I looked between and over buildings, around and through trees, etc.

The World Has Many Different Ways of Changing (Sunset, Sunday, 11 September 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, THE WORLD HAS MANY DIFFERENT WAYS OF CHANGING (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.