Snow and Sleet in Virginia But No Snakes in Ireland – Sunset, Sunday, 17 March 2013

William Van Doren, SNOW AND SLEET IN VIRGINIA BUT NO SNAKES IN IRELAND. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

St. Patrick’s Shift (Sunset, Thursday, 17 March 2011)

William Van Doren, ST. PATRICK’S SHIFT (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

One of those evenings when the sunset gives the impression of suddenly having moved to a new part of the horizon.

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.