Description
Witches Three by P. Buckley Moss
Introduction
Witches Three by P. Buckley Moss is a 2009 Limited, Numbered Giclée Edition that brings three jack-o’-lantern “witches” together with a lively gathering of black cats. Each orange pumpkin wears an exaggerated pointed black hat and carries its own broad, curling expression, while small cats move around, behind, and even across the hats.
The horizontal composition is playful from edge to edge. Canada Goose Gallery’s approved inventory identifies Witches Three as product 8508, priced at $80, and confirms the 2009 Giclée / Limited Edition / Numbered Edition classification. The current gallery page also confirms an edition size of 250, horizontal orientation, Fall season, and Halloween classification.
Story Behind the Artwork
Witches Three works almost like a group portrait. Moss gives each pumpkin-witch a different height, hat shape, facial expression, and position, while the cats act as a second cast of characters moving through the scene.
The left pumpkin sits low beneath a broad, curling hat. The center figure rises slightly higher, while the tall right pumpkin creates the strongest vertical accent with its long pointed hat. Their oversized noses and broad smiles visually connect the trio, but subtle differences keep them from feeling repetitive.
The cats add another layer of discovery. Some occupy the ground while others appear behind the pumpkins or along the hats, encouraging the viewer to travel across the entire composition rather than stop at the three central faces.
Symbols & Meaning
Pumpkins, pointed hats, and black cats belong to the familiar visual language of Halloween. Here, however, Moss presents those symbols with humor rather than menace.
The three pumpkin figures may suggest companionship or a shared bit of mischief simply because they are grouped so closely and given such animated expressions. The cats reinforce that feeling of activity by weaving through and around them.
Those are visual interpretations of the composition. No documented artist statement has been supplied establishing a specific symbolic meaning or narrative for the trio.
Artistic Details
The artwork depends on a strong contrast between orange and black. Warm pumpkin tones dominate the lower half of the composition, while the oversized black hats create sweeping silhouettes above them.
Moss varies those silhouettes carefully. One hat bends, another rises at a sharper angle, and the tallest curls dramatically upward. That variation creates movement even though the pumpkins themselves remain stationary.
The cats are much smaller, but their deep black forms echo the hats and help distribute dark accents across the image. Their long tails and thin bodies contrast with the broad rounded pumpkins.
Green vines provide a softer third element. Their pale curling lines pass behind and between the figures, breaking up the larger orange and black masses and giving the composition an airy quality despite its crowded cast of characters.
Featured Master Collections
Primary Master Collection: Harvest & Thanksgiving
This assignment is directly documented. Canada Goose Gallery’s approved Master Collection guide specifically includes Witches Three among the representative works for Harvest & Thanksgiving, alongside other pumpkin- and Halloween-centered subjects.
Supporting Master Collection: Animals & Companions
The black cats appear repeatedly throughout the composition and materially contribute to its personality, making an animal-based secondary assignment appropriate.
No third Master Collection is necessary. The approved CGG framework favors a smaller number of meaningful Collection assignments over filling every possible slot.
Decorating Ideas
With a 6⅝ × 11¼-inch horizontal image, Witches Three works especially well on a narrow wall, above a console or shelf, in an entryway, kitchen, dining area, family room, or as part of a Halloween gallery wall.
Its orange, black, pale green, peach, and white palette makes it easy to pair with natural pumpkins, black candlesticks, dark wood, antique brass, or restrained seasonal décor.
Canada Goose Gallery also maintains a dedicated Witches Three Living Space resource, giving this artwork an established internal decorating connection rather than a purely speculative placement recommendation.
Gift Ideas
Witches Three is a natural gift for someone who enjoys P. Buckley Moss Halloween subjects, pumpkins, or black cats.
Its group of expressive characters also gives it strong appeal for someone who prefers humorous or whimsical Halloween imagery over darker seasonal art. Consider it for an October birthday, housewarming, or as a seasonal gift for a cat lover or existing Moss collector.
About the Edition
Artist: P. Buckley Moss
Title: Witches Three
Year: 2009
Medium: Giclée on paper
Edition Type: Limited, Numbered Edition
Numbered Edition: 250 prints
Artist’s Proofs: 25 — supplied gallery information
Image Size: 6⅝ × 11¼ inches
Orientation: Horizontal
Condition: New, mint condition
Certificate: Includes a Certificate of Authenticity
Canada Goose Gallery’s approved inventory verifies product 8508, current price $80, year 2009, and Giclée / Limited Edition / Numbered Edition classification. The current gallery page independently confirms the 250-print edition, horizontal orientation, Fall/Halloween classification, and image size.
🎨 Fun Fact:
Groups of three witches were famous in Western literature long before they became a Halloween decorating motif. In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the supernatural trio is usually called the Three Witches, but the play also refers to them as the “Weird Sisters.” In Shakespeare’s time, “weird” carried a stronger connection to fate or destiny than the modern meaning of simply strange or unusual. The Folger Shakespeare Library notes that these three figures appear together to deliver prophecies that set the play’s action in motion. This literary history concerns the broader cultural image of three witches and is not presented as a documented source for Moss’s title or composition.
🖼️ Collector’s Insight:
What distinguishes Witches Three is the way Moss builds personality through repetition and variation. The three pumpkins share the same basic ingredients—orange bodies, exaggerated noses, broad smiles, and tall black hats—but no two are posed quite the same. Their different heights and hat shapes create a lively rhythm across the horizontal format, while the black cats operate almost like smaller supporting characters moving from one “witch” to the next. For collectors, that makes the work more than a single pumpkin portrait: it is an ensemble piece, and Canada Goose Gallery’s documented Witches Three Living Space resource gives it an established place within the gallery’s Halloween decorating ecosystem.
Why Buy from Canada Goose Gallery
Canada Goose Gallery in Waynesville, Ohio, specializes in the art of P. Buckley Moss and provides collectors with clear information about edition, condition, and authenticity. Witches Three is offered in new, mint condition with a Certificate of Authenticity.
Continue Exploring
Continue through the Harvest & Thanksgiving Master Collection, explore Canada Goose Gallery’s black-cat and Halloween subjects, or visit the dedicated:
Witches Three Living Space decorating resource.
Related verified Halloween inventory includes:
The Good Witch, while the approved Harvest & Thanksgiving Collection also includes:
- The Pumpkin Fairy
- Nine Tricksters
- Getting in the Spirit
- Jack-O-Lantern 1
- Jack-O-Lantern 2
- Jack O Lantern Set
- Trick or Treat Fun
- Perfect Magic
“Halloween is better with a few accomplices.”
“Mischief is more fun in threes.”
“Every good coven needs a few cats.”
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