Three prickly pear cacti with golden spines stand against a soft pink background, their paddle-shaped segments slightly overlapping in a casual composition. The artist has captured the plants with botanical clarity while the monochromatic pink field creates a contemporary, almost dreamlike atmosphere that transforms a desert plant into a meditative subject. 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.