My thoughts.
Two Kreindler Ruth's.
The first is what we've come to love. The second is nice, but it is completely different.
If I had not known the first, I imagine that I would be more enamored with the 2nd than I am. The implication is that I do not have the same appreciation for the 2nd as the 1st.
In real simple terms, with your usual style I find myself wishing that I could afford a piece, and longing for my sons to finish up college and start supporting themselves. With the second style, it is nice but I don't have a desire to have one.
Again second style is nice, but I think that it lacks the character that your normal style has, which seems to tell a story.
With the second style I find myself looking at it from the outside, as opposed to your normal style where I can feel immersed in it, like I am able to imagine being there.
Would I appreciate it if someone gave it to me? Yes.
Would I buy it myself? No.
If I were to see the 2nd style with your name on it, without seeing it here from you first, I would think that it was a very poor forgery of your work. Without your name on it, I wouldn't be able to pick it out as yours.
That's just one man's thoughts and opinon though.
And since Nieman was already mentioned, I am not a fan of his work either. Go figure.