A black and white cat stares directly forward against a deep charcoal background, its round eyes wide and alert, pink nose prominent, and white whiskers catching light against dark fur. The composition is intimate and frontal, rendered with painterly precision that captures both the cat's gentle expression and the subtle texture of its bicolored coat. 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.