Ps. 138 – Were I To Say

Ps. 138—Were I To Say is a serigraph created by American artist Nancy Snooks, a pupil of Sister Corita Kent, a nun and head of the Art epartment at Immaculate Heart College in Los Angeles, California. Throughout her life, Snooks explored a variety of aesthetics within the abstract and expressionist genres, but kept her content primarily focused on religious subjects. For a time, her prints emulated the pop art style of Kent during the 1960s and 1970s, with bright blocks of color and graphic texts. This print, from edition 36, is part of a series exploring themes in the biblical book of Psalms, number 138. The text on the print reads, “Were I to say 'The dark at least will wrap me round and night instead of light will encompass me.’”