Framed Halloween Art
Halloween is a whimsical, magical time of year. In autumn the days begin to get shorter, the weather cooler and the leaves on the trees change colour to red, bronzes, oranges and browns that match with the classic jack-o-lantern pumpkin found on porches glowing their eerie smiles at night, and the eyes glowing next to it, a black cat. But with the fun comes the scary and it is the combination of these two that makes framed Halloween art so much fun.
The most iconic symbol of Halloween is the pumpkin. It is the food of the season and also from which Jack-O-Lanterns are carved. Carving pumpkins is a nostalgic activity for any previous child at this time of year and Norman Rockwell captures these times perfectly in his piece of framed Halloween Jack-O-Lantern artwork, “Ghostly Gourds”. The only thing spookier than a Jack-O-Lantern is a Jack-O-Lantern with a cat because of course cats are favoured magical familiar of witches. Although William Vanderdasson’s artwork of a cat with a carved pumpkin is not quite that sinister, or is that what they want you to think?
Speaking of witches we cannot forget those ladies and their cauldrons. Evil, scary witches with their ghoulish green skin, crooked noses, curly-toed shoes and pointy hats. David Galcutt’s “Witch” is the perfect example of what we see when we think of framed Halloween witch art. Don Dipaolo captures a gaggle of such witches also in his piece “3 Witches”. There is of course the more innocent side to consider. The little girls who dress up as witches for Trick-Or-Treating.
There is also some fun framed Halloween scenery artwork also. Jane Wooster Scott’s piece “Halloween Hijinks” is a scene of children playing in a pumpkin patch, a witch stirring her cauldron in the middle of town and costumed characters gliding down a slide coming out of a barn window. Joseph Holodook has a similar piece in “All Hallows Barn Dance” which features costumed characters dancing around a maypole with a band of skeletons providing the music.