Southern Colorado Evening (Painting as of October 18, 2023)

Here is my painting as it looked on October 18th.  Using my photo reference as a guide, I painted in the basic shapes with strong colors.  I simplified some of the detail in the foreground of the photo, but stayed pretty close to the composition in the photo. I was inspired by the colors in the reference photo, but added contrast by making the colors much more saturated and distinct than in the photo.  This painting came together quite quickly.  At this point, it was almost finished.