Erica Spina

In progress.

Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee (after Rembrandt)
48" x 60"
Oil on Canvas

Some weeks are long and plans don't follow a straight path. Underpainting is almost done!

"Religion has not tended to create seekers or searchers, has not tended to create honest humble people who trust that God is always beyond them. We aren’t focused on the great mystery. Religion has, rather, tended to create people who think they have God in their pockets, people with quick, easy, glib answers. That’s why so much of the West is understandably abandoning religion. People know the great mystery cannot be that simple and facile. If the great mystery is indeed the Great Mystery, it will lead us into paradox, into darkness, into journeys that never cease."

Richard Rohr, Everything Belongs

“Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest."
Matthew 11:28

"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you."
Matthew 7:7

I overheard a gr 11 student talking to his friend in class, "It must be nice to have parents who love you."

When I first started teaching, I cut a small article out of the newspaper that spoke about teaching with great love. This entire journey has been about arriving there: "In everything do to others as you would have them do to you" Matthew 7:12

Using up leftover paint.
Still life of flowers.
8 x 8, Oil on canvas

Underpainting is done ☺️