Indiana Goodbye – Sunset, Thursday, 10 May 2012

William Van Doren, INDIANA GOODBYE. Sunset from Corydon, Harrison County, Ind. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

This will probably be my last sunset painting from my late sister’s place south of Corydon.

From Emily’s Bridge (Sunset, Saturday, 15 October 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, FROM EMILY’S BRIDGE (Sunset from Corydon, Harrison County, Ind.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.At my sister’s place there’s a wooden footbridge from the driveway to the house, over a small brushy ravine, and at the driveway end, a great view to the west. I perched atop her monstrous white 1999 Dodge Ram 2500 Cummins 24-valve turbo diesel truck (which she called Billy Blanco) for this view. We had just had a great day remembering Emily.

Uninspired in Indiana (Sunset, Friday, 14 October 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, UNINSPIRED IN INDIANA (Sunset from Corydon, Harrison County, Ind.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

To me this painting amounts to a quick glance out the hotel window and reflects my preoccupation with my sister’s memorial service, which we were having the next day. 

Sunset in a Sandbox (Sunset, Friday, 7 October 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, SUNSET IN A SANDBOX (Sunset from Corydon, Harrison County, Ind.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

I was standing in an empty, bulldozed, prospective shopping center. Right behind me was one of those big wooden signs with a map of all the sites.

Indiana Dawn (Sunrise, Friday, 7 October 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, INDIANA DAWN (Sunrise from Corydon, Harrison County, Ind.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.As seen from the third floor of a Holiday Inn Express.

From a Parking Lot (Sunset, Thursday, 6 October 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, FROM A PARKING LOT (Sunset from Corydon, Harrison County, Ind.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.