A figure in a dark dress holds an open book aloft, where a cascading crown of colorful flowers bursts from the pages instead of a head, set against a rich navy blue background. The composition merges the tactile act of reading with an explosion of botanical imagination, rendered in a clean, contemporary illustrative style that balances realism in the figure's hands and clothing with the fantastical floral arrangement. 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.