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
Apr182013

Garage Collage – Sunset, Wednesday, 17 April 2013

William Van Doren, GARAGE COLLAGE. Sunset from Water Street Parking Garage, Charlottesville, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

From the roof of the Water Street Parking Garage in Charlottesville, Virginia.

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Tuesday
Apr162013

Dominion – Sunset, Tuesday, 16 April 2013

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

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Monday
Apr152013

Gray to Green – Sunset, Monday, 15 April 2013

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

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Sunday
Apr142013

Planet Waves – Sunset, Sunday, 14 April 2013

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

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Thursday
Apr112013

The Wreck of the Good Ship Eleven – Sunset, Thursday, 11 April 2013

William Van Doren, THE WRECK OF THE GOOD SHIP ELEVEN. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

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Wednesday
Apr102013

Crossroads – Sunset, Wednesday, 10 April 2013

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

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