Green Grass and Old Houses

I did this painting for the Ogden plein air painting competition two weekends ago.  It was pretty challenging because I painted it in the rain.  I went with my friend Matt Larson(check out his work, it's amazing) and we drove around the bad parts in Ogden looking for someplace to paint.  We finally just ended up going behind an abandoned house and we painted whatever we saw.  I thought this corner of the backyard was pretty cool.  Lots of cool shapes and patterns and really loved how deep and saturated the green was due to the overcast light.  Second attempt in a painting competition, didn't place but was told my painting got some votes, better than nothing anyway!