Twilight at the Majestic – Sunset, Saturday, 16 July 2016

William Van Doren, TWILIGHT AT THE MAJESTIC. Sunset from above Hollymead Town Square, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on Arches 140# watercolor paper, 17 x 23.

We were coming home from errands and it was clear I wouldn’t make it to my usual sunset spot in time AND stuff was happening in the sky. So we stopped about five miles from home, on an unfinished street at the top of a ridge between a shopping center and an assisted living facility – an unlikely location for a popular sunset view. A passerby looking out at the vista said to her friend, “Isn’t this just majestic?” Not something you hear every day.