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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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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Saturday
Jun012013

Collected Poems – Sunset, Saturday, 1 June 2013

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

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Saturday
Jun012013

Re-Dissolve – Sunset (Second Version), Friday, 31 May 2013

William Van Doren, RE-DISSOLVE. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 17 x 23. 

I thought I would try painting yesterday’s sunset on a larger scale — 17x23 instead of 13x19, or ~60% larger — to see if I could find my way to something different. Came out pretty much the same ...

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Friday
May312013

Slow Dissolve – Sunset, Friday, 31 May 2013

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

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Thursday
May302013

No Fences Facing – Sunset, Thursday, 30 May 2013

William Van Doren, NO FENCES FACING. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

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Wednesday
May292013

Late to the Party – Sunset/Twilight, Wednesday, 29 May 2013

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

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