BLACKSMITH’S BOY – HEEL AND TOE Storytelling is a word frequently associated with the work of #normanrockwell . For nearly 75 years, this beloved #artist captured the #imagination of #American audiences through the warm and witty #images he created as commissions for the country’s most prominent publications and companies. Though he is best known for the over 300 works he executed for the cover of satevepost , Rockwell also rendered thousands of #illustrations that accompanied the short stories and other works of fiction that filled its pages. Painted in 1940, Blacksmith’s Boy—Heel and Toe represents one of the most ambitious and successful of these commissions, a work of extraordinary scale and #complexity that testifies to the artist’s unparalleled ability to make the words of an author come alive through his #visual interpretation. Ultimately, a work like Blacksmith’s Boy—Heel and Toe manifests Rockwell’s matchless ability to conjure the elements of a #complex narrative—plot, #cha...