Cast Your Net on the Right Side (mixed media) by Polly Castor
The Bible lesson last week had this story from (John 21:3–6): “Peter saith unto them, I go a-fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing. But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on the shore… Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, have ye any meat? They answered him, No. And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes.”
So of course I needed to paint it! This is a story whose import we need to apply in our own lives.
This painting is done in mixed media on stretched canvas; it is mostly acrylic, with some plastic netting embedded, and some embellishments done in permanent marker and watercolor crayons.
The painting is 24″ x 30″ and is titled Cast Your Net on the Right Side.
You can see the entire work above, and details of it below.
You can buy the original here, or you can get prints or merchandise of this here.
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5 Comments
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Polly – something about this spoke to me: subject, Biblical reference, colors, texture & movement – love it!! 💕🐠🐟
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Love the colors!
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❤️the fish
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Polly, thank you for this beautiful image, this gorgeous artwork! I originally found it online a few weeks ago (June 2025) on the website “The Bible Speaks to You” from April 2022.
I was so drawn in by your painting and completely felt the connection to the story portrayed in John 20. I felt compelled to find the Artist and the painting, thankfully it was credited to you and I was able to find your site. Beautiful work, thank you!-
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So glad to hear you liked it! And thank you for making the effort to find it. You can get prints and merchandise with this image on it here: https://pollycastor.pixels.com/featured/cast-your-net-on-the-right-side-polly-castor.html It also seems like you might like my daily blog as well since it is about art and spirituality. There is an option to have it delivered weekly as well. You can subscribe here: https://pollycastor.com/subscribe-form/ I hope you do!
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