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Often the distinction between what would make a composition great or just mediocre is lost on some people. Try as you might to try and explain to them how you can improve the design, it can fall on deaf ears. For a setting such as this, having the characters interact more with their environment would make a more interesting painting, not just in terms of composition but content. I'm sure you're aware of that, but sometimes it's a take it or leave project with clients. I've certainly done my share of jobs that I wasn't enthralled with. Depends on the timing. A project suffers when the people supplying you with the source material don't know what they're doing, or allow you to make corrections.
By the way, scenes such as this are often referred to as environmental portraits, which is very common in photography.
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