A small gabled cottage with a steep dark shingled roof and two chimneys sits at the center of the scene, three of its windows glowing candlelight gold. A dirt path lined with wild grasses, dried brush and small pumpkins leads toward its front door.

Tall, gnarled, leafless trees with a few rust-colored leaves arch inward from both edges like a natural frame, while a flock of small bats crosses the flat, overcast tan sky and a hazy forest recedes into mist behind the roofline.

Thick, expressive brushwork, with heavier strokes in the roof shingles and foliage and softer dry-brush in the sky and distant trees, gives this loose, vintage storybook painting its muted, nostalgic, cozy-spooky mood.