Progess of a painting

Progress of a new piece

From a Table in Florence - 24"x24" 

I wanted a warm autumn palette for this piece, as I'm usually drawn to brighter spring colors. It reminds me of the warm colors of Tuscany; the leaves kind of remind me of olive branches. That bright golden green and dark, dark green are typical of the Italian landscape. 

 Terrible scan of one of my photos from Florence - somewhere across the Arno and down an old staircase from the Piazzale Michelangelo, looking over at the Duomo, circa 2003.