Can't believe I didn't post this. I finished this a few weeks ago. There was some added detail and fiddling with color and contrast, some based on the likes of the person for whom it was meant. My best friend Max is not someone that understands art, or so he says but as this was meant for him and his home, I wanted to involve him if at all possible. He was very kind about it. I always feel like I'm inflicting my art on people when I want to give them something, so I rarely do. When he moved to his current home, he did say he'd need some art. So I thought I'd make this based on his favorite place to sit in Harvard Square. Interestingly, one of the main focuses of the original, the mysterious woman in red that was sitting unearth in the center, got edited out of this version. I think it's for the better. 

All in all, I think this one works pretty well. It has that cool feeling of fall shadows and the warmth as well. It feels like the place without being a slavish copy. The colors are far brighter than I usually use in portraits and such. I don't know, I think it works. A print is on its way to him. I hope he likes it.