Background Concepts

Still not sure what I want to do for the background.  Since I really want the figure to look good I want to keep the background simple.  I was thinking a column for a few reasons.  I love all things Roman so its an obvious first choice for me.  Also I thought I could spent more time on the textures and less on modeling it.  It would be easier to suggest perspective and distance in the background with a row of columns.

I like the vegetation below.