A delicate fringed gentian rises from a cream ground, its slender stem crowned with clustered purple-blue flowers edged in fine detail, their petals rendered with botanical precision. The composition captures the flower's graceful architecture through careful watercolor work, with touches of deep burgundy at the stem and soft green leaves grounding the study. 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.