Jonah’s Awakening
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Greta James – Drawing the events in the story of Jonah allowed me to see the emotion behind the decisions he made.
Mercy in the Hands of God
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Steph Innis – I got the idea for this painting when I thought about the mercy God showed Jonah after he was swallowed by the whale, and I saw a pieta painting of Mary and Jesus and thought that it resembled how loving and merciful God was with Jonah.
Banished
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Evan Hursley – I found a silo covered in vines during a road trip. I stuck my camera in a mysterious dark hole on the side. I took this shot and it reminded me of Jonah in the whale.
From the Grave
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Dylan Hursley – I took this photo while my family and I were on a road trip. This is a photo of an old structure in Hazen. The ladder going down reminds me of going down into darkness and confusion.
Broken Spirit
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Amanda Hulen – My mosaic is made up of broken tiles. I believe Jonah’s spirit was broken before God so that God could work in his heart. I was inspired by Jonah 1:17.
I Have Been Banished from Your Sight
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Brittany Howell – When Jonah was hurled into the belly of the whale, his prayer to the Lord showed his repentance for fleeing from God’s plan. My painting illustrates Jonah’s sincere cry for help and forgiveness. He was banished from God’s sight, yet was enabled to once again look to the Lord and aid in saving the city of Nineveh.
Breakers and Billows
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Judy Honey – While creating this painting using acrylic paint and lots of water, I could imagine Jonah behind the great waves struggling to stay afloat and wishing he had obeyed God and gone to Nineveh as he was told. How surprised he must have been to see the great fish in the waves with him and then to be living for three days and three nights inside the belly of the fish.
Turbulence
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Judy Honey – While making this painting, I could imagine that behind the great waves there is the ship with all the men aboard in such fear for their lives they are forced to throw Jonah overboard to die because his disobedience to God was causing the great storm.
I created the painting in a very loose manner using acrylic paint and lots of water to get a feel for the mighty power of God in the wind and the waves.
Boat to Tarshish
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Tom Herrin – The deep blue of the sea moves still after God’s storm. The “Boat to Tarshish” floats in a moving sea. Two crosses (masts) symbolize Christ’s descent and resurrection. The risen cross symbolizes God’s love through Jesus Christ.
The Four Faces of Jonah
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Wanda Herman – Reading the book of Jonah, I felt the four chapters each presented a different view of Jonah’s personality. I wanted to portray that idea in art making the viewer see Jonah as they might feel themselves. Jonah was a remarkable person, because when Jesus was asked for a sign by the skeptics, He said, “There is none, but the sign of the prophet Jonah. As he was in the belly of the whale three days and three nights, so will the Son of Man be in the grave three days and three nights.”
The Fifth Fruit of Thankfulness
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Mason Henry – The sculpture pictures Jonah, briefly after the great fish sent by God has vomited him up onto the beach near Nineveh. Jonah is thankful to God for having mercy and allowing him to live.
3 Days in the Belly
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Terri Hayes – I use several layers of watercolor washes and then I like to draw in what I see. In this piece I saw fish in the washes so I used colored pencils and placed the fish. I then sanded the belly of the big fish and placed the three images of Jonah praying.
Beach Reach
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Callie Hayes – I had been reading Jonah when I heard about this show. I read Jonah over and over again to see it at all angles. I began to wonder in what ways I was like Jonah. This work is entitled “Beach Reach” because I ignored what I didn’t realize was a call to a mission trip to Panama City. I began this work the night I found out I was going on the trip, twelve hours before we left.
Beneath the Waters
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Caroline Hatfield – This painting reveals an ocean that is seething with trouble; Jonah is beneath the ocean inside the whale and the yellow light in the clouds is God listening to Jonah’s prayers.
Thoughts of Death
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Joyce Hartmann – Jonah 4:8 – “And … when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, ‘It is better for me to die than to live.’”
This painting blends fantasy and reality, depicting some of Jonah’s memories and hardships.
