The Jonah Drawings
a Collaborative Project
My buddy, Carl Goldhagen, and I thought we would take turns working on the same drawing, but what we usually ended up doing was both drawing at the same time. This must be what it feels like to be in a band.
Seeing Double
Painting is normally a solitary pursuit, so working collaboratively has been a very new thing, for both of us. The large scale of these drawings allows us to work simultaneously. We move around the surface, trading places if one of us gets stuck on something. The Jonah narrative isn’t complete yet, but we’ll have to pick up the thread again when the virus dies down.
Jonah in Joppa, Carl Goldhagen and Brooke Rogers, charcoal on Arches paper, 60 by 48 inches
“But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord, and went down to Joppa.”
Jonah Sleeping, Carl Goldhagen and Brooke Rogers, charcoal on Arches paper, 60 by 48 inches
“But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.”
Jonah Overboard, Carl Goldhagen and Brooke Rogers, charcoal on Arches paper, 60 by 48 inches
“So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.”
Jonah in the Fish, Carl Goldhagen and Brooke Rogers, charcoal on Arches paper, 60 by 48 inches
“Then Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God out of the fish's belly…”
Jonah Spared, Carl Goldhagen and Brooke Rogers, charcoal on Arches paper, 60 by 48 inches
“And the Lord spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.”
Jonah Walking to Ninevah, Carl Goldhagen and Brooke Rogers, charcoal on Arches paper, 60 by 48 inches
“So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey.”
Jonah Preaching, Carl Goldhagen and Brooke Rogers, charcoal on Arches paper, 60 by 48 inches
“…and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.”
Jonah Displeased (Exceedingly), Carl Goldhagen and Brooke Rogers, charcoal on Arches paper, 60 by 48 inches
“Then said the Lord, Doest thou well to be angry?”