Mirage du Jour – Sunset, Thursday, 31 May 2012

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

At the End of May

The woods are deepening into their manifold greens — mature summer green and bright new partytime green, raw cut-over green and distant atmospheric Watteau green, blue cedar berry green, black soil green and indigo bunting twilight silhouette. Each tree’s canopy entails a volume of colorless pure colorspace, trees growing red green, orange green, and breathing out of green blue sky.

Sliders – Sunset, Wednesday, 30 May 2012

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

Cloud in Shadow at Sunset

William Van Doren, oil on gessoed 140# Arches, 11 x 17, 2012.

A new painting based on the sunset from Memorial Day, Monday, May 28th.

Rainscape – Sunset, Tuesday, 29 May 2012

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

The Blue Ray – Sunset, Monday, 28 May 2012

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

It’s a blue shadow, but since a shadow indicates light I’m sticking with my original impression, a blue ray.