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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Entries in Daily Paintworks (21)

Saturday
Jun232012

South of the Storms – Sunset, Friday, 22 June 2012

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

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Thursday
Jun212012

Cloudspace

William Van Doren, oil on gessoed 140# watercolor block, 6 x 9, 2012.

Currently available at auction.

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Monday
Jun182012

Over/Under – Sunset, Sunday, 17 June 2012

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

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Friday
Jun152012

Auction Update

Somehow in my brilliant sense of marketing I’ve failed to mention here that I decided lately to make each of my sunset paintings available at auction as soon as they’re posted. I’m also experimenting with a low opening, so a nice find may be possible. The auction for this sunset, Thunderheads at Twilight, from June 12th, will end in about four days. You can find it, and access other auctions, here. Thanks.

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Tuesday
Jun052012

Fields of Study

William Van Doren, oil on stretched canvas, 8 x 10, 2012.

This painting is now on auction at Daily Paintworks. It’s 8 x 10 on stretched canvas, ready to hang.

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Friday
Apr132012

Freestyle Mini-Opera

William Van Doren, FREESTYLE MINI-OPERA. Oil on watercolor block, 8 x 10.

Based on last night’s sunset, this is an 8x10 version I’ve put up for auction at Daily Paintworks, for the slightly crazy starting bid of $16.

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