Two costumed skeletons dance hand in hand at the center of a wide meadow, one in a black brimmed hat and the other in a pointed black witch hat with a ragged black skirt. A large pale moon glows above and between them, over a low horizon with silhouetted trees and a misty pond. Their faces are simplified and cartoon-like, not anatomically literal.

Soft, diffused dusk light warms a burnt amber sky and hazes the distant treeline. Dry autumn grass, wildflowers and scattered fallen leaves fill the foreground. Thick, loose brushstrokes over a visible canvas weave give a matte, hand-painted finish in the manner of contemporary folk-art illustration.