Authentic Sunbeams (Sunset, Sunday, 17 July 2011)

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

No, I haven’t entered some new phase of paintings inspired by Biblical illustrations of divine sun rays – this is what I’ve been seeing the last couple of days. They’re just your ordinary everyday divine sun rays. Any resemblance to Sunday school art is unintentional.

Beam Reach (Sunset, Wednesday, 13 July 2011)

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

What Was Seen Was Felt (Sunset, Sunday, 10 July 2011)

William Theodore Van Doren, WHAT WAS SEEN WAS FELT (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

It dawned on me, too late, that van Gogh demonstrated how to handle this sort of thing, more than 120 years ago. So . . . next time!

Bold Face (Sunset, Wednesday, 6 July 2011)

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

Sunvelope (Sunset, Thursday, 30 June 2011)

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

Dial Sun (Sunset, Wednesday, 22 June 2011)

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