Bright & Cold (Sunset, Wednesday, 12 January 2011)

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

Lowdown (Sunset, Tuesday, 11 January 2011)

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

In the interval between freezing mist and light snow.

I Believe in Yesterday (Sunset, Monday, 10 January 2011)

William Van Doren, I BELIEVE IN YESTERDAY (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Title from my mother’s favorite song. Helen Bezilla Van Doren, 23 June 1923 – 10 January 1986.

When Is the Horizon Like a Car Radio Dial? (Sunset, Sunday, 9 January 2011)

William Van Doren, WHEN IS THE HORIZON LIKE A CAR RADIO DIAL? (Sunset from Buckland, Fauquier County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

. . . when you're driving home toward the sunset and scanning the Blue Ridge left to right for something to listen to. From Buckland, Virginia, on Route 29.

Polar Opposite (Sunset, Saturday, 8 January 2011)

William Van Doren, POLAR OPPOSITE (Sunset from Taneytown Pike & New Windsor Road, Westminster, Md.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

The sky in Westminster, Maryland, seen from the same spot where I’d recorded the sunset on a 100° evening in July.

Just a Scent of Snow (Sunset, Friday, 7 January 2011)

William Van Doren, JUST A SCENT OF SNOW (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.