Old World Icons
Sacred images made slowly, by hand.
These icons are not prints, digital images or mass-produced religious objects. Each work is shaped by prayer, inherited tradition and patient craft.
Sacred Music
Listen While You Browse
A selection of sacred music chosen to accompany the collection. The recording will be available shortly.
Orthodox icon, written by hand.
Icons
The work speaks first.
A small selection of icons is shown here. The collection will include available works with photographs, sizes, materials, descriptions and prices.
Mother of God.
Saint George.
Tradition
Wood, glass and the Old Masters.
Icons on wood
Orthodox sacred images created on wooden panels, following traditional subjects, forms and gestures.
Reverse glass icons
Romanian icons painted backwards on glass, rooted in old Transylvanian craft and village faith.
Orthodox tradition
Works shaped by Romanian, Byzantine, Greek and Russian iconography, written with respect for inherited sacred forms.
Reverse-painted icon on glass.
The Artist
Vio Vlad
Born in Brașov, Transylvania, Vio has spent more than forty years studying and practising Orthodox iconography, woodworking and reverse painting on glass.
Today he continues the work from his studio in Ryde on the Isle of Wight.
Annunciation.
Available icons will be listed in the collection.
Collections
Homes, churches and chapels.
Vio’s icons are held in private collections, churches and chapels in the United Kingdom, Romania, France, Germany and the United States.
Begin with one icon.
Browse available works, ask about a private commission or contact Old World Icons directly.