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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Sunday
May122013

Blind – Sunset, Sunday, 12 May 2013

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

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Saturday
May112013

Sun1

William Van Doren, SUN1. Oil on watercolor block, 11 x 15.

As Vin Scully might say, “A modest thing, but thine own.”

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Friday
Mar152013

Ghost Ship – Sunset, Friday, 15 March 2013

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

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Sunday
Feb102013

Not a Summer Sun – Sunset, Saturday, 9 February 2013

William Van Doren, NOT A SUMMER SUN. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

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Friday
Jan042013

Escape Velocity – Sunset, Thursday, 3 January 2013

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

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Monday
Nov052012

Corona Extra – Sunset, Monday, 5 November 2012

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

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