Two birds-of-paradise with distinctive dark plumage and brilliant yellow flank feathers leap and dance across a cream ground in this naturalistic study. Rendered in soft watercolor and delicate line work, the composition captures the birds mid-display, their elongated tail feathers and dynamic poses conveying the theatrical grace of their mating ritual. 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.