Well, I wrote a lengthy comment and now it isnt here. I'm sure it's the editor's fault, as i would never forget to click "ADD". Here's what I think I said.

"Wow, Kathryn, you do this so well. There's so much going on in such a simple composition.  The various lines make it interesting, but you've used color and contrast so well. Large shapes are defined through simple contrast of warm against cool or tone on tone. Very nice work."

That is *very* interesting!  A perfect blend of the 'old' with the contemporary.  And it also reminds me so much of the old barn on the farm where my family lived for many years when I was growing up.  We rented the farm house, but didn't do any farming.  Someone finally tore down the old barn to salvage the wood, back when weathered barnwood was the new, big craze for everything from paneling to picture frames. 

Wonderful use of shapes to keep the eye in the painting.

I didn't realize the work was yours until I check your page and saw it there. Love this Kathryn... great composition and feeling throughout. Don describes it beautifully... This is a winner.

Thanks for your comments everyone.  I love the tension between the object and the negative space in a compostition.  This barn has a huge pile of rubble--fallen boards in all directions on the ground below this hanging structure.  Part of me wanted to include that by drawing it loosely in graphite (pencil) coming up from the bottom of the frame, but I also love the deep empty space.  What do you think?  Should I draw in the rubble on the ground??

It's ultimately up to you of course, but my gut feeling is that you'd lose the great interlocking geometry that you have going in it right now.  Tough call!

One thought:  you could try it on a piece of tracing paper first and place it where you think it would go and see how that works. 

Kisu-- That's an excellent idea about the tracing paper, especially since I want the final image to be in pencil if I do decide to use it. Thanks.