Welcome to The Very Rich Hours, where you can find postings of each day’s sunset. I’ve been painting every sunset since January 1, 2006.


This journal is named for the 15th-century illuminated manuscript The Very Rich Hours of the Duke of Berry (Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry).


Most of these sunsets are seen from the same vantage point, facing the Blue Ridge, north of Charlottesville, Virginia. Even when I’m traveling and the sunset has to be done later from sketches, all of these works are painted “alla prima” — wet in wet, without later revision or overpainting, in about the same time it takes to watch the sun go down.


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William Van Doren

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VAN DOREN ON THE SUNSET SERIES

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Friday
Jun072013

Northwest By Nine O’Clock – Sunset/Twilight, Friday, 7 June 2013

William Van Doren, NORTHWEST BY NINE O’CLOCK. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

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Thursday
Jun062013

Cascades – Sunset, Thursday, 6 June 2013

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

Heavy rain and listening to Blondfire: Just like a dream/ Silver and green/ We live in between (“Waves”).

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Wednesday
Jun052013

Local Transit – Sunset, Wednesday, 5 June 2013

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

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Tuesday
Jun042013

Vanishing Act – Sunset, Tuesday, 4 June 2013

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

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Monday
Jun032013

The Third Way – Sunset, Monday, 3 June 2013

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

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Sunday
Jun022013

The Gray Levels – Sunset, Sunday, 2 June 2013

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

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