Interlocking serpents with detailed scale patterns radiate outward from a pale gray-green ground, their bodies arranged in a symmetrical, mandala-like composition punctuated by small floral motifs. The work combines natural history illustration with ornamental artwork, rendered in silvery gray tones that give the snakes an almost metallic, celestial quality. 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.