San Giorgio Maggiore by Twilight

I wanted to do a painting of something we saw on our trip to Italy in 2016.  This is of San Giorgio Maggiore across from Venice.  I have wanted to "loosen up" my paintings, so I used Claude Monet's impressionistic painting as a model.  Below, you can see Monet's original.

An interesting footnote... I usually frame my paintings in dark wood or black frames.  For some reason, I chose a fancy gold frame.  I thought it might defuse the bright colors of the painting.  I don't know why, but I just wanted it in the gold frame.  When my son, Michael,  saw my painting, he said, "Oh, The Thomas Crown Affair".  I didn't know what he was talking about--then I realized that is the painting that gets stolen in that movie...and it is in a fancy gold frame.