Cream and blush snakes coil gracefully among coral roses and clusters of white blossoms against a deep charcoal ground, creating an intricately layered botanical composition. The detailed linework and naturalistic rendering of both serpents and flora evoke the ornamental beauty of Victorian natural history illustration, infused with an almost mythological sensibility. 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.