St. John in the Desert

Size: 15.7x25.4 inches (40x64.5 cm)

Time spent: about 320 hours

Frame: walnut

Icon: egg tempera, 23 carat gold leaves

This is my version of "St. John in the Desert". It has a richly ornamented carved frame (as you will see when you click on the picture) carved on the same theme ("Look at the birds ... and the lilies ...") as the one on my Archangel Michael icon - but totally different, no repeating whatsoever.