"Slave to Reminiscence" Early Progress

This is the first time I'm posting an incomplete work.  This one is just so intricate I felt the need to share my progress so far.  Inspired by a simple picture of my friend Sarah Abraham standing in an archway (original picture posted first), I have created quite a different outcome:

Here is my take on the girl in the archway (the half-painted version of my progress so far):

Up-close detail of the subject:

This one's gonna take a while, just because it has loads of tiny details.  :)