Board Certified – Sunset, Friday, 5 September 2014

William Van Doren, BOARD CERTIFIED. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on board, 18 x 24.

I thought I had plenty of canvas ready to go, turned out I had none. So at the last minute I found a board (Gessobord, same size). After that, almost everything that happened in this painting was a surprise.

Vault – Sunset, Thursday, 4 September 2014

William Van Doren, VAULT. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on canvas, 18 x 24.

Stillings Variations – Sunset, Wednesday, 3 September 2014

William Van Doren, STILLINGS VARIATIONS. Sunset after a photograph by Rick Stillings, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on canvas, 18 x 24.

While I was witnessing and sketching this sunset in northern Albemarle County, Virginia, photographer Rick Stillings was shooting it about 15 miles south, below Charlottesville, then posting his photos last night. The big dark clouds that were to my left (or south) and in the way of the sun, were clearly to his right, and the results were spectacular. So I decided to do a variation on one of Rick’s shots.

Seeking Perspective – Sunset, Tuesday, 2 September 2014

William Van Doren, SEEKING PERSPECTIVE. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on canvas, 18 x 24.

Travelogue – Sunset, Monday, 1 September 2014

William Van Doren, TRAVELOGUE. Sunset from Route 20, Orange County, Va. Oil on canvas, 18 x 24.

This painting reflects part of an hour’s drive that included the southern part of Orange County, Virginia (Hardwick Mountain, upper left), up Route 20, reaching Lake of the Woods at sunset.

Culpeper Variations, Part II – Sunset, Sunday, 31 August 2014

William Van Doren, CULPEPER VARIATIONS, PART II. Sunset from West Cameron Street, Culpeper, Va. Oil on canvas, 18 x 24.

Second time in Culpeper in the past four days.