Cropped table

I realized, Helga, that I was not paying attention to the wonderfully tiny point of light in your table photograph. I wondered if it was because the table took up too much of the space. So, as you can see, I cropped it to see how a long vertical orientation would bring out the light source. I like it and I find my eye more quickly drawn to the upper right corner and back to the table and back. What do you think about this revision?

Here is collage color study that I created this weekend after I cut up a piece of canvas, not stretched on a frame, that I made several months ago. All of the 3" x 3" collaged canvas pieces glued 10" by 10" black-painted Masonite board came from the same acrylic painted canvas. All of the small contrasting or complimentary pieces glued to the squares also came from the same painting. The photo here does not do it justice. It looks much more orange and red in real life. But, I think you get the point of what I was trying to achieve with no intention to make perfect 3x3 squares evenly divided on the 10x10 board. 

It has been hot here; Shelly's sisters and niece have been visiting from out of town; and I haven't done much artwork or art reading. What have you been doing? You've been silent for quite awhile.