A dark green alligator stretches horizontally across a soft gray ground, its muscular body rendered in layered shades of forest and sage green with careful attention to scaled texture. Its mouth opens to reveal a striking coral-red interior, while four sturdy legs anchor the composition with a sense of patient, grounded power. Bound with 52 pages of 70lb paper, lined or unlined, behind an anti-scuff matte cover with wraparound artwork, made to order. Notes and sketches kept behind an independent artist's work, not a plain composition cover.