“A MAGICAL TALE OF REDEMPTION”*

Too much work — not enough time. Too much worry — not enough joy. Too much living online — not enough living. These familiar problems confront the narrator of 47 Minutes on Christmas Eve . . . 

*The Hook, Charlottesville, Virginia.

 

 

Yours Truly, October 27, 2011.

YouTube video based on the January 2011 gallery talk for “Moment & Horizon: The 365 Sunsets of 2010,” at Baker Gallery, Woodberry Forest, Va.

 

COMMEMORATIVE SUNSETS

Some of the best gifts I’ve given friends and family have been paintings of the sunset or sunrise from a special day – their wedding day, the day a child was born, a special anniversary, the day a new enterprise was launched. 

I’ve recently started doing these kinds of paintings by request – to commemorate someone’s special occasion.

In most cases, these works are oil paintings on a 16 x 20 canvas of the sunset as seen from my studio facing the Blue Ridge. Inquire here, or by writing me at 14thofjuly@gmail.com.

SUNSET SLIDESHOWS

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Friday
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Costa del Sol – Sunset, Friday, 27 January 2012

William Van Doren, COSTA DEL SOL. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

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Friday
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Moment & Horizon begins with each day’s sunset. I’ve painted every sunset for over six years – since January 1, 2006 – and many before that, from June 1995. 

Most of the sunsets are painted 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 the sunsets, there are also the red paintings and Open Market, plus the Moment & Horizon Facebook page and the posting of each sunset on Twitter.

Thank you for visiting. 


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Thursday
Jan262012

Grey Gardens – Sunset, Thursday, 26 January 2012

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

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Wednesday
Jan252012

Risin’ Sun Goin’ Down – Sunset, Wednesday, 25 January 2012

William Van Doren, RISIN’ SUN GOIN’ DOWN. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

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Tuesday
Jan242012

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.

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Monday
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Why Settle for Gray When You Can Have Gray? – Overcast at Sunset, Lunar New Year, Monday, 23 January 2012

William Van Doren, WHY SETTLE FOR GRAY WHEN YOU CAN HAVE GRAY? Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

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