Keeping Sol in Solstice – Sunset, Thursday, 22 December 2011

William Van Doren, KEEPING SOL IN SOLSTICE. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Cloud Consumed by Light (Sunset, Wednesday, 10 August 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, CLOUD CONSUMED BY LIGHT (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Ultimately July (Sunset, Sunday, 31 July 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, ULTIMATELY JULY (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Escape of the Crazy Red Ball (Sunset, Friday, 29 July 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, ESCAPE OF THE CRAZY RED BALL (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

My wife, Laura, called on her way home about 20 minutes before sunset and said, “The sun’s a crazy red ball” – this with the emphasis on red, as in a police drama.

“It is?”

“Yes, it’s a crazy red ball in the sky, all big and red and pink.”

I went right out to see it, but it was gone . . .

The Great ‘Sun Going Down Behind the Mountains’ Hoax (Sunset, Wednesday, 27 July 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, THE GREAT ‘SUN GOING DOWN BEHIND THE MOUNTAINS’ HOAX (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Incendiary Device (Sunset, Thursday, 21 July 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, INCENDIARY DEVICE (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.