Door No. 3 (Sunset, Friday, 3 June 2011)

Friday, June 3, 2011 at 10:19PM
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William Van Doren, DOOR NO. 3 (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

By waiting past the initial stage – a brilliant sunburst and dirty-bright ice white clouds – and then sunset proper – old gold and purple – I came to the twilight, which seemed to have more of the feeling of day’s end. And which brought the moon into the picture.

Article originally appeared on The Very Rich Hours (http://www.theveryrichhours.com/).