Two tall saguaro cacti stand sentinel in a warm desert landscape rendered in soft peachy and terracotta tones, their dark green forms anchoring a composition of layered mountains and sandy ground dotted with smaller desert plants. A golden sun with radiating lines presides overhead while birds fly across a pale sky, creating a serene and contemplative scene painted in a flat, graphic illustration style. 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.