Historia, Queenscliff Gallery and Workshop 35 lithographs
According to the book or bible;
Jonah or Jonas is the name given in the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh/Old Testament) to a prophet of the northern kingdom of Israel in about the 8th century BCE. He is the eponymous central figure of the Book of Jonah, in which he is called upon by God to travel to Nineveh and warn its residents of impending divine wrath. Instead, Jonah boards a ship to Tarshish. Caught in a storm, he orders the ship's crew to cast him overboard, whereupon he is swallowed by a giant fish. Three days later, after Jonah agrees to go to Nineveh, the fish vomits him out onto the shore. Jonah successfully convinces the entire city of Nineveh to repent, but waits outside the city in expectation of its destruction. God shields Jonah from the sun with a plant, but later sends a worm to cause it to wither. When Jonah complains of the bitter heat, God rebukes him.
Taking on the task of producing 35 prints for the Historia project, I began by examining historical images depicting Jonah and the so-called whale. These images were filled with drama, featuring old men and strange-looking fish, some reduced to monstrous forms. While these images were great, I decided to explore the idea that Jonah might have been a younger man. After being thrown up by the large fish, Jonah decided to ride its back, complete with the caster oil tree provided by God to shade both Jonah and the hungry worm.
I began by drawing the concept and then transferred it to a lithographic stone, producing the 35 images.
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| Drawing |
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| Ready to print |
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| Working the stone |
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| 35 Lithographs |
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| Finished print |
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