Three ghosts in loosely draped cream-white sheets stand in a cluster of graduated heights on the right of the canvas, with a smiling carved jack-o'-lantern resting beside the smallest. Simple dot-and-oval eyes give them a gentle, innocent look.

Plain, open space fills the left two-thirds of the canvas, and a soft painted shadow pools at the figures' feet. Thick palette-knife impasto builds the silhouettes with tactile ridges, in a softly impressionistic folk-art style on woven canvas.