Revisting an older painting

I was looking at some of my paintings and this one always bugged me because the background was funky. So in the spirit of being "loose" and just having fun I started fooling with it on Sunday. One thing led to another and I ended up really changing the painting. I just used my imagination and enjoyed myself. I think the new one is more interesting and the difference in style between January (when I first painted it) and now is pretty drastic.

What do you think? Sorry that one of them is a little out of focus.