The description of this painting on display at St. Mary's, Kerrisdale (SMK) during their ART SPIRIT COMMUNITY show, February 12-14 is best summed up in the following, adapted from Erin Davis’s story circulated through SMK's communications the week of February 9th, 2015.
PRICELESS…
A lot of wonderful things happen during Sunday School at St. Mary’s, Kerrisdale. Art is one of them!
Judith Pike and Erin Davis, teachers of the St. Mary’s Pre-school/Kindergarten class, wanted to contribute a Sunday School group creation for this exhibition.
Instead of planning too much, they decided to let “the spirit” move the kids.
So…Judith told the story “Follow Me” – the lesson based on the reading that tells of Jesus calling his disciples from the boats in which they were fishing and inviting them to follow him.
A lively discussion followed.
The children, and these are the smallest of the small, were inspired to share their own stories about boats, canoes, nets and fish.
Lots of fish.
After the discussion, Erin brought out a canvas completely covered in yellow paint. “What should we paint?” Erin asked.
Teddy replied, “The Story”.
Each child contributed: A boat, three nets, Jesus, two disciples and fish.
Lots of fish: orange fist, blue fish, star fish and jelly fish.
Lots of fish.
It was easy to name it “Follow Me”, and we know its worth:
Priceless