O is for ornithology forms part of a set of bold and colourful silkscreen prints produced in 1991 one for each letter of the alphabet each print adopts peter blakes typical and unmissable style of working incorporating found imagery from magazines postcards and popular ephemera this beautiful piece encompasses an interest of peter blake ornithology the study of birds o is for ornithology features illustrations of birds and focuses on the pretty and colourful domestic canaries