A cheerful golden bird with an expressive eye and striped beak peers from the right side of the composition, its plumage rendered in warm yellows and oranges. Autumn leaves in shades of gold, rust, green, and amber scatter across a cream background in a playful, organic pattern that surrounds the bird with movement and seasonal energy. 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.