Two new paintings

I'm slowing down from my daily paintings to tackle a few other ideas that are taking a little longer. Top one is an 8x24 oil from a scene in Seattle's Magnuson Park, that I've done a few smaller versions of and wanted to paint a little larger scene. Second is a very abstract, 8x8, thickly painted with a palette knife, scene of south Seattle from a high rise building, showing our two stadiums on the left and a twisting highway 99 on the right. I wanted to loosen up a little again and this is about as loose as a landscape can be. I also like the monotone look at times where the colors are subtle grays.