The Holidays Will Be Here Before You Know It

...and I need to finish this painting so it can go to the gallery by November 1st! I made some decent progress on it all day today, analyzing areas that are a mystery to me and trying to paint vague objects and wall space in the background so it looks like a harmonious whole. I think I mentioned in an earlier post how blurry the reference image is, and how I took out a very distracting vertical window frame line in the center of the photo. I've had to imagine a lot of what must have been behind it. Anyway, here's today's work:

A Quiet Evening In Cambridge 2, © 2017, work in progress (click on image for larger view)