Blacksmith Shop

This painting began as a Plein Air painting of a Blacksmith Shop in Barrington, IL painted while their "Paint Barrington" fall event.   In the original painting I had opened two of the door panels to reveal a Blacksmith at work in his shop.   I was still unhappy with the painting, so I added three children in the courtyard trying to retrieve their baseball.  I think that it is a better story for a bland structure!