A pale ermine stands alert among a dense garden of wildflowers, mushrooms, and botanical forms rendered in jewel tones against a deep black ground. The composition balances the animal's soft, elongated body with intricate linework and watercolor detail throughout the flora, creating an intimate natural study with a dreamlike, cabinet-of-curiosities 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.