Riddles on Peakland Place – Sunset, Friday, 25 November 2016

William Van Doren, RIDDLES ON PEAKLAND PLACE. Sunset from Peakland Place, Lynchburg, Va. Oil on paper, 7 x 9.

Confused Between the Dead and the Sleeping – Sunset, Saturday, 26 March 2016

William Van Doren, CONFUSED BETWEEN THE DEAD AND THE SLEEPING. Sunset from V.E.S. Road, Lynchburg, Va. Oil on canvas, 24 x 28.

Title from “Question” by The Moody Blues.

Twilight Royale – Sunset, Friday, 5 February 2016

William Van Doren, TWILIGHT ROYALE. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on Arches watercolor block, 11 x 15.

From Boonsboro Road Based on a Sketch and a Dream – Sunset, Thursday, 4 February 2016

William Van Doren, FROM BOONSBORO ROAD BASED ON A SKETCH AND A DREAM. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on Arches watercolor block, 11 x 15.

Holy Night Off Script – Sunset, Thursday, 24 December 2015

William Van Doren, HOLY NIGHT OFF SCRIPT. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on Arches watercolor block, 11 x 15.

Sun in the Bank – Sunset, Saturday, 18 July 2015

William Van Doren, SUN IN THE BANK. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on canvas, 24 x 30.

This sunset, in Lynchburg, Virginia, was difficult to see, not only because of trees and houses, but because the sun disappeared in the typical midsummer blue-gray haze. But we mustn’t let a little thing like that stop us.