Jesus Loves Me Fine

Hello! I have been meaning to post something for months and months, but with working in order to try to save funds to go back to uni and not being so well the past couple of months, this is probably the first time that motivation to post has returned. I have been drawing again the past few weeks. In particular, a robin has caught my fancy. Most times when I take a seat near the place the robin hangs out, the little bird usually flitters down from somewhere, perches on the same rock and blinks at me in recognition. Well, I like to think we have a mutual appreciation/fascination with each other. 

A number of months ago I went to an exhibition of Tom Wilson's work at the Open Eye Gallery in Edinburgh. I really enjoyed his works which I think were witty and clever, together with being skillful and interesting in execution. I bought a small publication of his works at the gallery and the one below Jesus Loves Me Just Fine talked to me.  I had been thinking about doozers, as per my last post, and also about the gospel of John where Jesus says that he did not come to condemn the world but to save the world (be made safe and sound through him). That I'd been feeling judged for quite a while when actually Jesus gets it that I'm human and fall in puddles sometimes and loves me anyway.

So I hope it's okay I post Tom Wilson's work, because I think it's fabulous.

Tom Wilson (2006) Jesus Loves Me Just Fine (28 x 66 cm)

Other than that, I've been meaning to post this cartoon strip I did nearly a year ago at uni as part of a collaboration between Illustration and Painting Students at Edinburgh College of Art, UK and Students at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, USA, where we swapped narratives and illustrated the one received. The book Picture Stories (Spring 2014) was the end result, which is available on Lulu.com

K Fisher (2014) Battering Ram & Rotten Fin 23.62 x 29.43 cm