Playing with Illustrator

I was curious to see the matrix created when two sets of growing/shrinking boxes were superimposed.  Regarding color, I stuck to the light spectrum and kept it consistent transitioning from one set of boxes to the other.

The black-and-white version yielded some interesting results, too.

Above all else, this was a study on color and contrast.

As we were heading home from Riverside on the 91 West, I saw how beautiful the hills and sunset looked just before we entered the LA basin.  I took a mental snap-shot to later recreate the scene from memory.  Here is the end result.