Time’s Winged Chariot – Sunset, Wednesday, 15 February 2012

William Van Doren, TIME’S WINGED CHARIOT. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Moment & Horizon begins with each day’s sunset. I’m in the seventh year of painting every sunset – starting January 1, 2006 – having painted many before that, from June 1995. 

Most of the sunsets are seen from the same vantage point, facing the Blue Ridge, in Virginia, north of Charlottesville. Otherwise I paint the sunset view from wherever I happen to be. Even if painted later from a sketch, these paintings are done “alla prima” in around the same time it takes to watch the sun go down.

In addition to sunsets, there are also the red paintings and Open Market, plus the Moment & Horizon Facebook page and Twitter.

Thank you for visiting. 

Tweets Illustrated: Piece of Ground (Part 2)

William Van Doren, pencil on CVS scratch pad, 4 x 6.

Tweets Illustrated: Piece of Ground (Part 1)

William Van Doren, pencil on CVS scratch pad, 4 x 6.

Landing On Venus – Sunset, Tuesday, 14 February 2012

William Van Doren, LANDING ON VENUS. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

On Drawing

The drawing you just made is the one that sucks. The one you did last week is now “maybe not really so bad.” The one you come across from a few years ago: “Oh, I never realized how much I like this!”