The Answer My Friend Is Blowing in the Wind – Sunset, Tuesday, 8 November 2016

William Van Doren, THE ANSWER MY FRIEND IS BLOWING IN THE WIND. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on canvas, 20 x 24.

She Knows There’s No Success Like Failure – Sunset, Monday, 1 February 2016

William Van Doren, SHE KNOWS THERE’S NO SUCCESS LIKE FAILURE. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on Arches watercolor block, 11 x 15.

Wherever she may have gone, she knows who “she” is — a follow-up to the painting for January 31st. As for the sky on Monday, it was a strange combination of grays, with light rain. One area of gray was a dirty spectral brown, another was dark blue. The painting started out with the spectral brown but immediately took on a life of its own. Title from Bob Dylan, “Love Minus Zero / No Limit.”

Juneteenth and a Hard Rain – Sunset, Friday, 19 June 2015

William Van Doren, JUNETEENTH AND A HARD RAIN. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on canvas, 24 x 30.

Get Your Mind Off Wintertime – Sunset, Sunday, 11 January 2015

William Van Doren, GET YOUR MIND OFF WINTERTIME. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on canvas, 24 x 30.

Variations on gloomy, drab, dark and cold. Title from Bob Dylan, “You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere.”

They Say Every Distance Is Not Near – Sunset, Wednesday, 3 December 2014

William Van Doren, THEY SAY EVERY DISTANCE IS NOT NEAR. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on canvas, 24 x 30.

Put Your Hand On My Head, Baby, Do I Have a Temperature? – Sunset, Wednesday, 22 October 2014

William Van Doren, PUT YOUR HAND ON MY HEAD, BABY, DO I HAVE A TEMPERATURE? Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on canvas, 18 x 24.