A coiled yellow snake dominates the composition, rendered in meticulous detail with scales carefully articulated in warm gold and ochre tones, while smaller dark serpents wind through the upper left corner. Below the snakes, botanical specimens including green-leafed plants and delicate fern fronds provide natural counterpoint, all arranged against a cream parchment ground in the style of classical natural history illustration. 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.