Three cream-colored lobsters writhe and interlock across a deep black ground, their segmented bodies and spindly claws rendered in precise line work that recalls classical natural history illustration. The composition stacks the crustaceans vertically with a sense of tension and movement, their forms creating a rhythmic pattern against the void. 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.