After failing a bit with complex multi-color screen prints, then relaxing with some one-color prints, I decided to try my hand at another complex print! I made a few big boo boos on this one that I probably should not advertise, but am finding that most people don't mind them even after i point them out. For example, the two birds were originally identical, but I forgot to block out the white for the bird on the right, or the left bird's lower wing, when I printed the yellow. So far it's been a unanimous: "I like that"..."Breaks up the symmetry"..."Looks good!" So there is a lesson in the happy accident-prone nature of the medium! In Monhegan the lobster people fish in the winter, so the traps sit stacked all summer and of course birds love to nest in them. These two are bobolinks, discovered in my encyclopedia set, not in real life unfortunately, but I loved the stark, graphic colors and the expressive gesture or pose of the encyclopedia image, so that was a no brainer. As far as the text goes, yes, you guessed it (did you?), it's biblical and I found it the way I usually find biblical verse, I just open the book randomly and start reading. I could not believe it when I shortly stumbled upon this whale and bird combo...particularly since those two elements were already in the print!