Self-taught visionary artist. Painted every sunset for 11 years through 2016. Bio here. William Van Doren art also on Facebook and Instagram, and art prints on Pixels.com/Fine Art America. Author of the non-holiday book 47 Minutes on Christmas Eve. Coming in 2019, Into the Sunset: Paintings and Notes from 4,000 Nights.
William Van Doren, SLASH & BURN (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.
I figured a little deliberate vandalism might not hurt. I know the dark blue marks in my paintings in some way are meant to indicate “the other side,” but I’m not sure why I’m driven to make that flying shape, which has been showing up in some form or other for me for at least 25 years.
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