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This is a framed mixed-media collage (or altered book-page art) in a surreal/horror-vintage style.
The central element is a page from an older book or pulp/mystery story, featuring black-and-white line illustration of a shocked woman (with curly hair and period clothing) covering her mouth, set against a background with architectural elements like a gate or building.
Overlaid text describes a character named Peggy Vincent reacting in fear to a “great, scowling face with glowing eyes and big, savage teeth” peering through rusty bars, with the line “What sort of monster held Nona a captive in her own home?” and a closing note about Peggy fleeing.
An artist has added white/gray octopus-like tentacles wrapping around and emerging from the woman, plus clusters of colorful circular dots/blobs (in shades of purple, red, blue, and patterned fills—likely paint, ink, stamps, stickers, or cut paper) framing the composition.
A small “C:” mark appears in the lower right, which is probably the artist’s signature or monogram. It’s presented under glass with a wide pink/mauve mat and an ornate, beaded gold-tone frame.
This style is common in contemporary collage and assemblage art: vintage book pages or illustrations (often pulp, gothic, or children’s mystery) are altered with surreal, tentacular, or cephalopod motifs for a mix of whimsy, menace, and “dark academia”/steampunk vibe.
Print size is 8\" x 10\"
Frame size is 13-3/4\" x 16-1/2\"
