A brown pelican stands in profile against a soft blue sky, its distinctive long bill and pouched throat rendered in warm amber and chocolate tones. The bird perches on dark earth with white legs, positioned with elegant stillness over a distant shoreline that stretches across the composition. 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.