Abstracting from Photo

My husband just returned from France where he took some great photos of buildings.  Here is one that inspired me because of the lines and colors.

 

 

I decided to play around with it to see if I could come up with something different.  A new way of interpreting the photo.

 

I think I am heading in the right direction.  I will let this percolate for a while longer before I make final decisions.