Study for a Portrait of the Queen

William Van Doren, oil on gessoed 140# Arches, 11 x 17, 2012.

Dragon Float – Sunset, Tuesday, 24 January 2012

William Van Doren, DRAGON FLOAT. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Low to High (Sunset, Sunday, 5 June 2011)

William Van Doren, LOW TO HIGH (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Mountains were barely visible in clouds, so I moved the perspective up from the horizon. Title refers to a certain kind of lacrosse shot or to the vast distance between two decks of clouds.

Door No. 3 (Sunset, Friday, 3 June 2011)

William Van Doren, DOOR NO. 3 (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

By waiting past the initial stage – a brilliant sunburst and dirty-bright ice white clouds – and then sunset proper – old gold and purple – I came to the twilight, which seemed to have more of the feeling of day’s end. And which brought the moon into the picture.

Moonlit Sunlight (Sunset, Saturday, 20 November 2010)

William Van Doren, MOONLIT SUNLIGHT (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

The night before a full moon, the moon rises just before the sun sets. Sunset was overseen by a big silver moon, opposite.

Deference to the Moon (Sunset, Wednesday, 22 September 2010)

William Van Doren, DEFERENCE TO THE MOON (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

The sun left quietly, with the full moon rising opposite for the Autumn Moon Festival.