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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Thursday
May232013

Front – Sunset, Thursday, 23 May 2013

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

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Wednesday
May222013

Dialogue: Lightning and Sunset – Sunset, Wednesday, 22 May 2013

William Van Doren, DIALOGUE: LIGHTNING AND SUNSET. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

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Tuesday
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Everyday Redemption – Sunset, Tuesday, 21 May 2013

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

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Monday
May202013

Radiator – Sunset, Monday, 20 May 2013

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

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Sunday
May192013

Lost Horizon – Sunset, Sunday, 19 May 2013

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

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Saturday
May182013

Low Clouds Over Piney Mountain – Sunset, Saturday, 18 May 2013

William Van Doren, LOW CLOUDS OVER PINEY MOUNTAIN. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

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