Sunset, Wednesday, 17 March 2010

William Theodore Van Doren. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 16 x 20.

A note on my previous post. The image of light being able to move fabric aside was inspired in part by the draperies of the disciples in Salvador Dali’s “The Sacrament of the Last Supper.”

Today of course everything’s supposed to be green. On my wonderful upside-down (southern hemisphere–oriented) wall map, the green countries include the U.S., France, Ukraine, Venezuela, Argentina, Namibia, Australia ... and Ireland, although Eire gets an olive shade rather than the vibrant green assigned to these other countries. Of course I must put in a plug for “The Green Barn.” But above all, because it’s essentially what I paint, I will cite time itself, ever green.

The Length of Time

Sun on the back of a white wicker chair
Stays there
And stays there
And stays.

Sunset, Monday, 1 March 2010

William Theodore Van Doren. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 16 x 20.

Just now, I paint this sky as if it were mine, I take it with me as if I created it. Out of it will come jets approaching the airport, and stars, lights and the wind. Out of it will come angels, when the time is right. Out of it will come time itself, when the time comes.

Sunset, Monday, 1 February 2010

William Theodore Van Doren. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 16 x 20.

Sunset: Color as a marker for time.

All the January sunsets can be seen at a glance, here.