Abstract color exercise: six persimmons (on strings)

Another color exercise assignment - this one painted from a written description of Six Persimmons, a 13th-century Chinese painting that is widely considered a Zen masterpiece:

And again, my work is much different, as it should be, since this is really an interpretation of an interpretation:

Six Persimmons (on strings). Acrylic on canvas. 11x14"

I love this piece. Somehow those stems just wanted to go up further. I think it helps ground the composition. What do you think?

PS: it just feels so good to paint again!