Purple Stairs.... an art discussion with questions for you

My Favorite shot

I am thinking about art and the art of making art today.
I took this picture of some purple stairs on my Labor Day walk. I took three pictures and have not altered them except to watermark them. The others follow this one.

I know a lot of you are quilters who primarily use patterns. I am hoping some of you  want to discuss some art principles with me today.

The thing about this picture, a very ordinary every day scene in West Annapolis MD, is the color of the stairs. I like that the purple seems darker on the treads as opposed to the railings except for the shadows on certain railings.

I like the" line" . One of the guidelines in making art is to consider line. I like the parallel lines going from the siding on the house to the treads to the diagonal lines in the roof  in the background. The strong vertical lines of the posts are also repeated in the window sashing. As a concept I love the idea of line in quilting.

Those of you making block quilts consider line for a moment. The way pieces intersect and form new patterns when set. We spend a lot of time on color but line is important too.
This is a slightly different angle and I do NOT like it as much. Why?

 I think it's because the roof in the background is not as strong a line. Also I lost the third window and artistic design calls for items in odd numbers to be more pleasing to the eye. Why do you think it's less interesting? Or do you?

Now I DO like this close up. The purple now fills the frame, the line has changed from almost equal amounts of horizontal, vertical and diagonal to nearly all vertical. There are almost no treads showing to repeat the horizontal lines in the house. I think if I used this as inspiration for a painting or a drawing, I would not use the shed in the back at all.

What do you think? After all is said and done, I like the first one the best and feel it would be an interesting exercise to take an hour and use it to make a piece of art.

Regarding color, purple is the compliment to yellow, in this case yellow-green on a color wheel. That means they look pleasing together, they enhance each other. There are so many shades of purple and green so I'd have to take care with fabric or paint to get tones that complement.

I have found using equal amounts of complimentary colors is almost too much to bear. Let one take the starring role and one support it. Don't forget to use light medium and dark of each as well, so the piece will sparkle.
 So, if you were to be inspired by a photo would you make it representational? Into a block design? Abstract? Let's talk!