A hand-painted menagerie of ocean creatures arranges itself across a soft white ground, from a dark whale at the top to an orca, jellyfish, sea turtle, and starfish scattered throughout the composition. Warm corals, cool blues and teals, and touches of red and orange create a naturalistic yet gently whimsical mood, while delicate cursive text anchors the piece at the base with a poetic sentiment about the sea. 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.