Justin - March 2011
Drawing inks and black pen on card
The early impressionists broke with convention by capturing every day moments from the lives of ordinary people. These moments suggest a bigger story and raise questions about the people and what is happening to them. I was interested in using a related idea, of finding Jesus in the every day.
The picture shows an ordinary lollipop man, in an ordinary street, helping children get safely to their school. The parallels with the work of Jesus are not difficult to see: Jesus is the only ‘safe place’ available to cross from death to life. The forces of sin and death are brought to a stop by his resurrection power. We are like careless and vulnerable children, but because of who he is and the authority he has, we can be kept safe.
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