A prickly pear cactus stands tall against a layered landscape of soft sage, coral, and cream, its paddles rendered in deep forest green with delicate linear details. Abstract geometric shapes float throughout the composition, creating a sense of movement and depth while warm orange arcs suggest distant hills and a contemplative desert stillness. 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.