Outpouring of the Spirit
Caleb Stoltzfus
At the top of the 8-panel relief sculpture, a figure presses his ear to the ground, listening for the movement of the Spirit. Below, scenes of work and study demonstrate vocational participation in the work of the Spirit. Above these figures are scenes of life together, centered on a memory of his father helping his grandfather into bed.
While this piece references Baroque compositional dynamism, it is constructed entirely from cardboard. The familiar, non-archival material contrasts with the extravagance of the style it references, suggesting that the Spirit pours equally into both the ordinary and the extraordinary.
Caleb
Stoltzfus
Caleb Stoltzfus (b. 1992 Elverson, PA) began learning to draw and paint at an atelier under Nelson Carlin in 2008. He receiving a BA in Art from Covenant College in 2015 and studied landscape painting and composition under Daud Akhriev from 2016-2017. He completed the Mount Gretna Studio Seminar in 2023.
Caleb is based in Philadelphia and has exhibited his paintings throughout the North East, including a solo show at Gross McCleaf, group shows at Procession Gallery in Philadelphia, Art at Kings Oaks in Newtown, First Street Gallery and Pushup Gallery in New York, as well as internationally at the Hampstead Society in London. Caleb has done three previous installations for Resurrection Philadelphia, including Pentecost in 2018 and Easter in 2020 and 2024.