Possible Idea for final MFA show

Today our Professional Practice class took a trip to Houston to visit galleries and artist studios. It gave me a lot of time to think more about the tension I have between my more illustrative works and my abstract ones. I was thinking of ways to tie them together into a more cohesive whole. I think it would be neat to create a corresponding abstract one to balance out every illustrative one. I would likely try to consciously incorporate elements from the illustrative into the abstract, elements I think make it aesthetically pleasing.

Here's an example. Inspired by just a snippet of the trash, I created the abstract above. I think I may turn it into an acrylic painting.