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Jayden,
This is a beautifully painted figure with a lot of humanity and dignity. Congratulations on this commission!
With regard to the yellow-green background, I have a few thoughts that might help in the future.
The two factors here that influence the treatment of the backdrop are:
1) The wall is yellow-green.
2) The light on the Mayor is cool.
Whether you want the wall to read as a literal plane, or as an abstract backdrop, the color and light need to make perfect sense in relation to the figure. The color of the wall in the light would have to be yellow-green + white and cerulean blue or some other lightening, opaque, cool color. The color of the wall in the shadow will appear warmer, though it is mixed from both warm and cool components, You could use cad yellow deep + ultramarine blue. You could add black or umber to neutralize or warm the color. White would adjust the value relationship between the light and shadow areas of the wall. On the shadow side, the figure and wall should almost become one thing, not only in terms of edges, but also in terms of color. On the light side, the color has to appear to be a lighted version of the shadow color, whereas right now it does not appear yellow-green. It is the color of something in the light that gives the viewer the correct information about how to read the color. If I do not see "yellow-green" in the light part of the wall, I will wonder where all the yellow-green came from in the shadow. Hope this is helpful!
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