In one of the scenes of my new book, Philip the main character, meets with Jesus who offers him a fig.
The symbolism has to do with how Philip had been waiting for his dad to come home, sitting under a fig tree. 
I introduced a new palet of colour to draw out the interplay between light and dark.
This painting alongside another 6 will feature in an exhibition that will illustrate the new book and be shown at 4 different book launches in September 2016.
The picture will be hung fairly high up, so this perspective gives the feel of the hand reaching out from light to darkness. 
be the light 