A woman in pale linen grips the hair of a bearded man whose head she severs with a curved blade, her expression composed and resolute as blood spills across dark drapery above. The composition explodes with muscular tension and religious drama, rendered in deep blacks and rich crimsons that pull the viewer into this moment of violent triumph. 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.