From a Parking Lot (Sunset, Thursday, 6 October 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, FROM A PARKING LOT (Sunset from Corydon, Harrison County, Ind.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

The Hour of Compassion (Sunset, Tuesday, 4 October 2011)

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

Struggling Against the Chill (Sunset, Monday, 3 October 2011)

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

Heavy Metals (Sunset, Sunday, 2 October 2011)

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

Rainstorm in a Cat’s-Eye (Sunset, Saturday, 1 October 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, RAINSTORM IN A CAT’S-EYE (Sunset from Route 15, Oatlands, Loudoun County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

One of those moments when it’s raining but it looks like skies will soon clear. (They didn’t!) I was on my way back from the Michael Douglas Jones exhibit UNION: The Courier Journals, 1861-1865, at the Delaplaine Center, Frederick, Md. The room is deceptively small; in terms of its imagination, depth, artistry, and implications for our nation’s history, the show is immense. A signal achievement.

Seasonally Adjusted (Sunset, Friday, 30 September 2011)

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