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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Monday
Apr292013

Nuagerie – Sunset, Monday, 29 April 2013

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

I’m totally unqualified to be making up words in French (nuage = cloud), but I guess I won’t let a little thing like that stop me.

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Monday
Apr292013

The Little Greys – Sunset, Sunday, 28 April 2013

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

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Sunday
Apr282013

Home Away From Home – Sunset, Saturday, 27 April 2013

William Van Doren, HOME AWAY FROM HOME. Sunset from Towson, Baltimore County, Md. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Towson, Maryland. Title does not refer to Towson, Maryland.

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Friday
Apr262013

The Broad Strokes – Sunset, Friday, 26 April 2013

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

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Wednesday
Apr242013

Tonight’s Lineup – Sunset, Wednesday, 24 April 2013

William Van Doren, TONIGHT’S LINEUP. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

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Wednesday
Apr242013

The Clouds Methought Would Open and Show Riches – Sunset, Tuesday, 23 April 2013

William Van Doren, THE CLOUDS METHOUGHT WOULD OPEN AND SHOW RICHES. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

R.I.P. Will Shakespeare.

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