And the Walls Kept Tumbling Down in the City That We Love – Sunset, Thursday, 10 November 2016

William Van Doren, AND THE WALLS KEPT TUMBLING DOWN IN THE CITY THAT WE LOVE. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on canvas, 20 x 24.

Title from “Pompeii” by Bastille.

Vesuvian Days – Sunset, Wednesday, 9 November 2016

William Van Doren, VESUVIAN DAYS. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on canvas, 20 x 24.

Oblique reference to “Pompeii” by Bastille.

The Storming of Bastille Day – Sunset, Tuesday, 14 July 2015

William Van Doren, THE STORMING OF BASTILLE DAY. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on canvas, 24 x 30.

Twilight of the Bastille – Sunset, Monday, 14 July 2014

William Van Doren, TWILIGHT OF THE BASTILLE. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on Arches, 17 x 23.

Sunset, Tuesday, 14 July 2009

Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on paper, 16 x 20.

Dedicated to the vainqueurs of the Bastille. I think we in the States tend to minimize Bastille Day (my birthday!) because we always hear that the prison wasn’t necessarily that important, the storming of the place wasn’t such a big deal, etc. – so I was surprised to learn that 98 of the liberators were killed that day.

Tonight’s sunset was followed by one of the strangest twilights I think I’ve ever seen. If I feel I can remember the composition and the colors well enough, I may add it tomorrow.