Heart Overboard, Portrait | Peter Returns to the Risen Jesus | Christian Wall Art by Mark Mabry

About Heart Overboard A note from Mark Mabry Peter had fished all night and caught nothing. A voice from the beach said cast the net on the right side. The net came up so full the men could not pull it in. In that moment, with the catch he had spent all night praying for finally hanging off the side, Peter looked up at the shore. "It is the Lord" (John 21:7). That was John. Peter did not wait. He pulled on his coat and threw himself into the sea. IT IS THE LORD. The Bible uses the verb "did cast himself." Peter cast himself. The same Peter who had walked on water and sunk. The same Peter who had denied the Lord three nights before. The instinct outran the history. The aerial composition holds the moment from above. The boat at the top, the catch still in the net. Peter mid-stroke in green-blue water, heading for a strip of sand. The shore is just inside the frame. Most of us spend our lives praying for the nets to fill. The hard part is what we do when they do. Some people get the catch and stay in the boat. Some people get the catch and recognize who put it there. For the wide version of this same moment, see Heart Overboard | Landscape. The moment just before, when the nets were still empty and the voice from the shore was telling the disciples where to cast, is Into the Deep. Peter's earlier walk on the water, the first time he stepped out, is Eyes on Jesus. The original solo image, Jesus walking the sea before Peter ever joined, is Walking on Water. The catch was in the boat. Peter was in the water. Heart Overboard is a collaboration between Mark Mabry and South African painter Pieter Van Tonder. Common questions What scene does Heart Overboard depict? John 21:7. The moment after the miraculous catch, when the disciple John says "It is the Lord." Peter pulls on his coat and throws himself into the sea, swimming for the shore where the risen Christ is standing. Is Heart Overboard a painting? Yes. Mark Mabry and South African painter Pieter Van Tonder collaborated on the piece. The water was built first in 3D motion. Pieter then painted the whole scene by hand from that reference. What is the difference between Heart Overboard and Into the Deep? Same chapter, two moments. Into the Deep is the moment before the miraculous catch, when the nets are still empty and the voice from the shore tells the disciples where to cast. Heart Overboard is the moment after the catch, when Peter recognizes the voice and throws himself into the sea. Where does Heart Overboard look best in a home? A wall in a home office, a quiet corner of a living room, or anywhere the leap-of-faith register belongs. Collectors often pair it with Eyes on Jesus or Walking on Water for the full Peter-on-the-water sequence. Who is Heart Overboard for? For the collector who has felt the instinct outrun the history. For the home that wants the moment after recognition, before everything works out.