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Published: 2015-03-17 00:00:26 +0000 UTC; Views: 1575; Favourites: 23; Downloads: 0
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Description Religious icon in Byzantine/Greek style, 22x15.5 cm (8.6x6.1 inch), egg tempera on linden board, stained with cherry stain and gilded with goldleaf. 

Woodwork completely handmade and icon painted by me. Made for a great friend

Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDprNS…

More photos: maylar.deviantart.com/art/Sain…
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Comments: 11

Ompabop [2015-03-22 10:00:00 +0000 UTC]

This is just amazing! I love it! 

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Maylar In reply to Ompabop [2015-03-24 17:40:21 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much! Glad you like it!

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scottica [2015-03-20 20:45:51 +0000 UTC]

amazing!

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Maylar In reply to scottica [2015-03-24 17:40:10 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! 

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LuckySpirit14 [2015-03-18 16:31:17 +0000 UTC]

beautiful work!    

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Maylar In reply to LuckySpirit14 [2015-03-24 17:39:59 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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LuckySpirit14 In reply to Maylar [2015-03-25 00:28:20 +0000 UTC]

your welcome!  

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MandarinMoon [2015-03-17 23:54:37 +0000 UTC]

Absolutely beautiful! I also own some of her work and I am thrilled. She is an incredible, versatile artist of many many talents!

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Maylar In reply to MandarinMoon [2015-03-24 17:39:53 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much!

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inspiredcreativity [2015-03-17 12:45:59 +0000 UTC]

The Icon looks amazingly beautiful and detailed.  The face looks compassionate to me, which is something I hoped to see. I also love the coloring, especially of the robe, with the rich blue, reds and gold, as well as the coloring of the hair.  The gold halo really stands out.  One thing I did not expect was the detailed relief carving.  This truly looks like something I would see in a museum, from antiquity.  Eastern Christian Iconography is becoming a lost art form. Although I am not religious, this is a part of art history.


I am extraordinarily pleased with what I see.  Excellent work.

NOTE TO READERS:
I have commissioned a number of works from this artist, including this one, and I can attest that when you see her work in person, it is even more amazing that what you see in photos and videos.  The details and colors cannot be fully appreciated in photos and videos.  The quality of workmanship is of a very high standard of excellence. Her miniature works are also incredible, such as her miniature books and objects.  The pages of the tiny books are incredibly detailed.  Everyone I have show them to have been very impressed.  All of her works of art that I have look like the works of a master artist and craftsman. I have also commissioned work from this artist as gifts for my family and freinds.  Smaller items of high artistic value make good gifts for people who do not have a lot of space to display art.  The price paid for such high quality of art was very reasonable.

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Maylar In reply to inspiredcreativity [2015-03-24 17:39:30 +0000 UTC]

Thank you, my dear friend

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