The Story Behind Pumpkin Fence: Three Jacks on a Ranch Fence
Three carved pumpkins on a weathered split-rail fence, a horse out in the pasture, and an orange and purple sunset. Here is what the print shows and where it hangs best.
By the Frontier Prints team · Published
What Pumpkin Fence actually shows
Three carved pumpkins sit in a row on a weathered split-rail fence. The sun is going down over the pasture behind them. A horse grazes off in the distance, small enough that most people do not catch it on the first look. The sky runs orange into purple. A screen-print texture sits over the whole thing, so Pumpkin Fence reads more like an old fall poster than a quiet country scene. That texture is the reason it holds up on a wall in daylight instead of going flat.
The idea behind it
Out on the ranch, the pumpkins keep watch. That is the whole idea, and we kept the print honest to it. No porch, no crowd, no costumes. Just three carved faces on a fence line at the end of the day, with the pasture doing the rest of the work. It is a Halloween print for people who do not really want their house to look like Halloween. It belongs to the same corner of our catalog as Haunted West, where the spooky part is played straight and a little dry.
Where this fence print hangs well
We tell customers to put it somewhere they walk past, not somewhere they sit and study. The carved faces do their best work in passing.
- Entryway, where it sets the tone for the season before anyone takes their coat off
- Farmhouse kitchen, where the weathered fence and the warm sky sit well next to wood and white paint
- Bedroom, since the sunset colors are warm rather than loud
- Living room for the fall season, on its own or at the center of a small group
Sizes and frames for Pumpkin Fence
The wide sunset gives you room to go bigger than you think. For a kitchen wall or a narrow entry, 11 x 14 is plenty. Over a bed or a sofa, 18 x 24 and up is where it starts to feel intentional. If you are stuck between two sizes, our print size and frame guide walks through the measuring part, and how to hang your print covers height.
| Size | Framed | |
|---|---|---|
| 11 x 14 | $50 | $110 |
| 16 x 20 | $65 | $185 |
| 18 x 24 | $75 | $250 |
| 24 x 36 | $90 | $350 |
Frames come in black, white, walnut and natural wood, and the color costs nothing extra. The slim white mat adds $20. Walnut and natural wood lean into the fence. Black sharpens the sunset. Every framed piece is framed by hand in Phoenix with an acrylic or styrene front, never glass, and it ships flat in a protective box, ready to hang. Prints are made for you when you order, so a print ships in 3 to 5 business days and a framed piece in 5 to 7.
What to hang with it
Pumpkin Fence plays well with the skeleton crew. Deadpan Jack is a skeleton cowboy carving a jack-o-lantern on flat pumpkin orange, and he picks up the carved faces from the fence. Deadpan Witch is his match, a skeleton cowgirl in a witch hat with a lasso and a broom on sage green. The two of them are the start of most October gallery walls we help with, and there is more on that pair in Deadpan West. If you want the night side instead of the dusk side, The Howler puts a coyote on a ledge under a giant orange moon and carries the same orange through a navy sky.
Haunted West
Pumpkin Fence
From $40.00
Haunted West
Deadpan Jack
From $40.00
Haunted West
Deadpan Witch
From $40.00
Haunted West
The Howler
From $40.00
The fall group, best fit first.
Questions and answers
Is Pumpkin Fence only a Halloween print?
It works fall through Thanksgiving. The carved pumpkins read Halloween, but the orange and purple sunset, the split-rail fence and the grazing horse keep it in autumn territory rather than costume territory.
Which frame color looks best with Pumpkin Fence?
Walnut and natural wood echo the weathered fence and warm up the sunset. Black makes the orange and purple sky read sharper. All four colors (black, white, walnut, natural wood) cost the same, and the slim white mat is $20 more.
How long does it take to arrive?
Every piece is made to order. Prints usually ship within 3 to 5 business days and orders with a framed piece within 5 to 7, then arrive 3 to 7 business days after they ship. You get a tracking number when it ships. We ship to US addresses only.
Can I send it straight to someone as a gift?
Yes. We can ship to the recipient's address and include a gift note. It is an easy one for ranch families, horse people and pumpkin patch regulars.