Our Big Annual Midsummer Event – Sunset, Sunday, 21 June 2015

William Van Doren, OUR BIG ANNUAL MIDSUMMER EVENT. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on canvas, 24 x 30.

A Midsummer Night’s Scene – Sunset, Friday, 21 June 2013

William Van Doren, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S SCENE. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Painting proved difficult to photograph; colors actually blend much more gradually than this.

Red Right Returning – Sunset, Saturday, 22 December 2012

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

Title, a nautical term drilled into the skulls of (for example) young kids learning to pilot a sailboat, here refers to the sunset coming back toward the north after the solstice.

Solstice in Baltimore – Sunset, Friday, 21 December 2012

William Van Doren, SOLSTICE IN BALTIMORE. Sunset from Mount Royal, Baltimore, Md. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

This view was from the top of an eight-story parking garage in the Mount Royal area of Baltimore, with a snow flurry just beginning.

Solstice Dialogue (The Cloud and the Light) – Sunset, Thursday, 21 June 2012

William Van Doren, SOLSTICE DIALOGUE (THE CLOUD AND THE LIGHT). Sunset from Ivy, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.