Sadly, every pumpkin that Edward Cabral carves this year will begin to rot shortly after he finishes his gourd art.

"We had some storms come through this weekend, which knocked out about 60 pumpkins from the show, so we were busy carving replacements," Cabral wrote Mashable in an email. Definitely a dangerous consequence of working with a perishable medium, like pumpkins.

Cabral, a classically trained 28-year-old artist based out of Chicago, is no stranger to working with unstable media.

"I work a lot in media that cannot be archived, like food and unfired ceramic, because I enjoy watching my work decay," Cabral said. A quick glance at his website or Instagram will leave you heading to the nearest kitchen because Cabral's food, specifically his cakes, look as delicious as they are awesome.

Carbral first became involved with pumpkin carving three years ago at the Jack-O'-lantern Spectacular in Louisville, Kentucky, a three-week-long Halloween celebration.

"Louisville is crazy about Halloween," Cabral said. "The show is a quarter-mile trail that goes through the woods decorated with about 150 intricate pumpkins (like the space man) and roughly 5,000 standard jack-o'-lanterns lining the trail and in the trees."

The show consists of about a dozen artists, three of which (including Cabral) are full time. The display is separated into skits, such as horror or musicals, set to this year's theme, "The World is a Stage."

As far workflow, Cabral told Mashable that he finds an image, and then hunts for the appropriate pumpkin fit the job. Cabral then draws on the pumpkin, paints middle tones and carves out highlights and details.

The result isn't your standard cut jack-o'-lantern cut with holes for eyes, but more of a glowing canvas; almost like a painting. And they certainly take longer to make than your normal scary face.

"Generally one pumpkin takes about 6 hours to complete, but it can easily take longer," said Cabral.

#huntersthompson #batcountry #jackolantern A photo posted by @actingfat on Oct 12, 2015 at 4:09pm PDT