Description
November Retreat by P. Buckley Moss
Introduction
November Retreat by P. Buckley Moss is a slender 2016 limited-edition giclée centered on one of Moss’s recurring architectural forms: a tall, narrow three-story house set quietly among trees. Its turquoise-blue façade and warm brick-red side provide concentrated color within an otherwise subdued late-autumn landscape.
Printed on paper with an image size of 8-7/8 x 3-1/4 inches, the supplied edition consists of 250 numbered prints and 25 artist’s proofs and includes a Certificate of Authenticity. Canada Goose Gallery’s approved inventory confirms Product ID 73140, a current price of $55, and classification as Giclée / Limited Edition / Numbered Edition.
Story Behind the Artwork
The unusual proportions of November Retreat immediately shape the experience of the scene. Moss gives us a narrow vertical glimpse through tall, dark tree trunks toward a solitary house on rising ground.
The building itself is distinctive. Its front is washed in cool turquoise-blue, while the tall side wall is rendered in warm brick-red. A pale roof and chimney rise above it, partially interrupted by the foreground branches.
Below the house, a curving road or lane crosses the hillside. At the very bottom, a small body of blue-green water introduces another cool note and reflects the dark vertical forms nearby.
There are no visible people, animals, vehicles, or signs of activity. The house remains the unmistakable subject, but Moss makes the surrounding trees and open space equally important to the atmosphere.
Symbols & Meaning
The supplied product information identifies the building as Moss’s recurring three-story home form, an architectural motif presented often in her work. That makes November Retreat especially interesting as part of her broader visual vocabulary of home and domestic architecture.
Within this particular composition, the house can evoke shelter, privacy, homecoming, or retreat, particularly because it is seen through nearly bare trees and separated from the viewer by the sloping landscape. Those associations are visual interpretations rather than documented statements of Moss’s intention.
The title provides the strongest seasonal cue: this is November, a month positioned between autumn’s brighter color and the arrival of winter.
Artistic Details
Color restraint is central to November Retreat.
The surrounding landscape is dominated by cream, taupe, pale gray, muted beige, and soft blue-green. Against those quiet tones, Moss places two stronger architectural colors—the cool turquoise front and warm brick-red side of the house.
Dark tree trunks cross directly in front of the building. Rather than clearing the view, Moss allows these lines to interrupt the architecture, creating the sensation of looking through the woods toward a home beyond.
The extremely narrow 8-7/8 x 3-1/4-inch image intensifies that effect. Tall tree trunks naturally suit the vertical format, while the house fills much of the central visual field without feeling crowded.
The small pool of blue-green at the bottom is also important compositionally. It echoes the cool color of the house and gives the eye a second destination after moving down through the trees.
Featured Master Collections
Primary Master Collection: The American Home
The solitary three-story house is the central subject, making domestic architecture and the idea of home the strongest collection connection.
Supporting Master Collection: Gardens & Seasons
The title November Retreat, sparse canopy, subdued landscape, and seasonal atmosphere make the passage toward late autumn integral to the work.
No third Master Collection is necessary. The composition is strongest when classified around home and season rather than diluted across additional themes.
Decorating Ideas
The unusually narrow vertical format makes November Retreat useful for spaces that can be difficult to fill with conventional artwork: between windows, beside a bookcase, near a doorway, in a narrow entry, along a staircase, or as part of a vertically arranged gallery wall.
Its turquoise, brick, cream, and taupe palette works naturally with collected traditional, farmhouse, cottage, and quietly contemporary interiors.
It could also anchor a grouping of Moss home subjects or seasonal works progressing from autumn into winter.
Gift Ideas
November Retreat is particularly appropriate for collectors of Moss’s home imagery, architecture enthusiasts, new homeowners, and people who associate a quiet house in the country with retreat and restoration.
Its compact proportions also make it practical for a housewarming, November birthday, retirement, hostess gift, or a meaningful addition to an established Moss collection.
About the Edition
Artist: P. Buckley Moss
Title: November Retreat
Year: 2016
Medium: Giclée on paper
Edition type: Limited, numbered edition
Numbered edition: 250
Artist’s proofs: 25
Image size: 8-7/8 x 3-1/4 inches
Condition: New, mint
Certificate of Authenticity: Included
Product ID: 73140
Current CGG price: $55
Orientation: Narrow vertical
🎨 Fun Fact:
By November, a deciduous woodland can look dramatically different from the same landscape only weeks earlier because autumn leaf fall is an active biological process called abscission. As leaves age, trees form a specialized separation layer where each leaf stalk joins the twig, allowing the leaf to detach while the tree seals the point behind it. The timing varies considerably by species, latitude, elevation, and weather—some deciduous trees can retain leaves well into November. This seasonal process helps explain the distinctive openness of late-autumn woods, when trunks, branches, buildings, and distant landscape features that were hidden by summer foliage suddenly become visible. This fact concerns deciduous trees generally, not a specific tree species identified in November Retreat.
🖼️ Collector’s Insight:
November Retreat is distinguished as much by its format as by its subject. Moss compresses house, hillside, road, trees, and water into an exceptionally slender vertical image, allowing the dark trunks to become almost architectural lines of their own. The turquoise front and brick-red side of the house create a striking cool-warm contrast within an otherwise restrained November palette, while the trees prevent the viewer from seeing the home all at once. For collectors interested in Moss’s recurring home imagery, this compact 2016 work offers a particularly intimate variation: the house is not presented formally or frontally, but discovered through a late-season landscape.
Why Buy from Canada Goose Gallery
Canada Goose Gallery’s approved inventory identifies November Retreat as Product ID 73140, currently $55, and verifies its Giclée / Limited Edition / Numbered Edition classification. The supplied product documentation further identifies the work as a 2016 edition of 250 numbered prints and 25 artist’s proofs, new and mint, with a Certificate of Authenticity.
Continue Exploring
Collectors drawn to the recurring Moss theme of home can explore additional works centered on domestic architecture, country roads, and the emotional pull of familiar places.
Verified ornament examples:
- All Roads Lead Home Ornament — Product ID 43614, $42; Porcelain / Limited / Numbered Edition; Christmas / Rural Life / Snowmen. Its homecoming theme makes it a useful broader companion.
- No Place Like Home Ornament — Product ID 75364, $44; Porcelain / Limited / Numbered Edition; Amish Art / Christmas / Mills / Rural Life. Its explicit home theme provides another relevant oppertunity.
Suggested Categories & Subjects:
- P. Buckley Moss Fine Art Prints
- The Collections Hub
- Architecture
- Home
- Autumn
“A quiet place beyond the trees.”
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