Original artwork description:

"The Prophet Elijah" is a romanian traditional icon painted on acrylic glass - plexiglass (reverse side technique) framed in wooden frame, also painted and varnish manually. Frame is provided with hanger so it is ready to be put on the wall.
Scene description: The Prophet Elijah, in the chariot, drawn by four horses painted in red, rises to the sky. Above, in the open sky, God the Father blesses him, flanked by Jesus Christ and an angel. Down on earth, episodes from his life: Saint Elijah fed in the wilderness by crows, the child who remembers his miracle "Resurrection of the widow's child", and on the opposite side appears Elisha at the plow, while receiving from the Prophet Elijah the symbol, the symbol prophecy.
Modest and unpretentious, but brilliant and captivating through its vivid color, the icon on the glass of the Holy Prophet Elijah reflect a a piece of life ... trapped in a humble fir-tree, with a mysterious and ever-changing light.
Painting icons on glass is a traditional Romanian form of art. Folk icons on glass are painted on the reverse side of the glass. First, the outlines are drawn with black ink. Then each area is filled with tempera or oil colors. This has been a Romanian folk tradition since the 18th century. In our villages, the knowledge is passed from one generation to another, from parents to children. Many artists remain anonymous. These icons are primitive, colorful, glamorous - and very modern as a plastic conception.
A „definition” of the glass icon says that it has to be done according to a model (izvod). It usually has no anatomical proportions, but balanced chromatic patterns . The models currently used are 200-300 years old.
The writing is Cyrillic. There are several elements of a typical icon on glass: it represents a character or more, the remaining space is bordered with flowers, rope or stars.

Materials used:

glass, wood, oil colors, acrylic, gloss varnish for wood, gold leaf

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