I'm just not feeling the white ghost-like swipe things.
It seems like the artist was missing stuff for the whole composition, so he just covered it up. But why not cut the top off then? And I could see it being fog o' war, but then it would be more transparent and the edges less sharp, like over the middle of the picture, where the background can be seen.
not making the picture so high or more background would go way further, then it would be excellent.