Traditional Icons
In the ancient Christian past, colors that came from ground-up semi-precious stones, like lapis lazuli or cinnabar, would be worth close to or even more than gold. Such pigments produced the most luminous blues, reds, greens, and other colors that glorified God, but due to their high price, iconographers could not always afford these pigments for their work. Yet when they could, they have produced some of the most stunning results - from the Orthodox East's celebrated Holy Trinity icon of Andrei Rublev to the Catholic West's venerable St. Francis of Assisi frescoes of Giotto, which have inspired prayer and contemplation for centuries. And now, with greater accessibility to wide ranges of colors in the 21st century, Anna Poloz, taking the heart of this ancient desire to incorporate luminous colors in icons implements them into her own work. The luminosity of these colors celebrates the victory of God's love through His Incarnation, Death, and Resurrection and the victory of God's beauty that is embodied in the sanctity of His saints and angels.
Here, Anna Poloz created an array of icons that span from faithful copies to original compositions that are guided by historical iconographic predecessors of the Orthodox Church along with the Church's theology. Touches of influences from medieval Italian icons can be found there too, which stem from Anna's artistic formation in Florence, Italy where she lived and studied fine art and Byzantine iconography for 3 years.
Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ. 16 x 21 x 0.75 inches (40.6 x 53 x 2cm), acrylic paint and golden metal leaf on wood panel, 2022. Sold.
Our Lord Jesus Christ Treading on the Beasts. 5.5 x 8 x 0.75 inches, acrylic paint and 23 carat gold leaf on a wooden panel, 2025. Privately commissioned icon.
The Inexhaustible Chalice. 18 inch diameter x 2 inches, acrylic paint and gold leaf on wood panel, 2024. Available.
St. Morwenna of Cornwall. 5.5 x 8 x 0.75 inches (14 x 20.32 x 2cm), acrylic paint and 23 carat gold leaf on a wooden panel, 2025. Privately commissioned icon.
St. Savva the Goth of Wallachia 8 x 10 x 0.75 inches (20.32 x 25.4 x 2cm), acrylic paint and 23 carat gold leaf on a wooden panel, 2026. Privately commissioned icon.
St. Anna and Theotokos Child Miniature Icon. 2.2 x 3 inches (without the frame), acrylic paint and 23 carat gold leaf on watercolor paper, 2025. Sold.
Saint Cecilia with a Portative Organ - Patron Saint of Music. 8.25 x 11.25 x 0.75 inches (21 x 28.5 x 2cm), acrylic paint and golden metal leaf on wood panel, 2022. Privately commissioned icon.
Christ Pantocrator of Mt. Sinai. 16 x 16 x 0.75 inches, acrylic paint and 23 carat gold leaf on a wooden panel, 2025. Privately commissioned icon.
Saint Hildegard of Bingen. 8.25 x 11.25 x 0.75 inches (21 x 28.5 x 2cm), acrylic paint and golden metal leaf on wood panel, 2022. Privately commissioned icon.
St. Peter the Apostle of Repentance and the Rooster that Crowed Three Times. 3.5 x 3.5 x 0.1 inches (8.89 x 8.89 x .25cm), acrylic paint and 23 carat gold leaf on a clay board, 2026. Available.
The Holy Spirit. 6 x 6 x 0.75 inches (15 x 15 x 2cm), acrylic paint on wood panel, 2021. Privately commissioned icon.
St. Teresa of Avila and the Interior Castle. 5.5 x 8 x 0.75 inches, acrylic paint and 23 carat gold leaf on a wooden panel, 2025. Privately commissioned icon.
St. Macrina the Teacher (and Younger). 5.5 x 8.5 x 0.75 inches, acrylic paint and 23 carat gold leaf on a wooden panel, 2024. Privately commissioned icon.
Christ the Good Shepherd. 8 x 11.5 x 0.75 inches (20 x 29 x 2cm), acrylic paint and golden metal leaf on wood panel, 2021. Privately commissioned icon.
Saint Julian of Norwich and the Hazelnut. 5.5 x 5.5 x 0.75 inches (14 x 14 x 2cm), acrylic paint and golden metal leaf on wood panel, 2023. Privately commissioned icon.
St. Kassiani the Hymnographer. 5.5 x 8.5 x 0.25 inches, acrylic paint and gold leaf on wood panel, 2024. Privately commissioned icon.
Saint Francis of Assisi Preaching to the Birds. 1.5 x 2 inches (without the frame), acrylic paint and 23 carat gold leaf on watercolor paper, 2025. Sold.
St. Hannah the Prophetess. 5.5 x 8 x 0.75 inches (14 x 20 x 2cm), acrylic paint and 23 carat gold leaf on wood panel, 2024. Privately commissioned icon.
Saint Joshua the Son of Nun. 5.5 x 8 x 0.75 inches (14 x 20 x 2cm), acrylic paint and golden metal leaf on wood panel, 2022. Privately commissioned icon.
The Prophet Daniel in the Lions' Den. 8 x 11.25 x 0.75 inches, acrylic paint and 23 carat gold leaf on a wooden panel, 2025. Privately commissioned icon.
Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne 5.5 x 8 x 0.75 inches (14 x 20 x 2cm), acrylic paint and golden metal leaf on wood panel, 2022. Privately commissioned icon.
Righteous Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica. 5.5 x 8 x 0.75 inches (14 x 20 x 2cm), acrylic paint on wood panel, 2021. Sold.
St. Mary Magdalene. 8 x 10 inches (without the frame in a rounded arch format), acrylic paint and 23 carat gold leaf on canvas paper, 2025. Available.
Saint Maria Skobtsova of Paris. 4 x 6 x 0.75 inches (10 x 15 x 2cm), acrylic paint on wood panel, 2020. Sold.
Saint Felicity (Felicitas) of Rome. 5.5 x 8.5 x 0.75 inches (14 x 21.5 x 2cm), acrylic paint and golden metal leaf on wood panel, 2022. Privately commissioned icon.
Saint Isaac the Syrian. 9 x 12 inches (23 x 30.5cm), acrylic paint on canvas paper, 2021. Sold.
Saint Ephraim the Syrian. 6 x 9 x 0.75 inches (15 x 23 x 2cm), acrylic paint on wood panel, 2020 and 2021 (two identical versions). Both were privately commissioned icons.
The Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ. 4 x 8 x 0.25 inches (10 x 20 x 2cm), acrylic paint and golden metal leaf on wood panel, 2021 and 2022 (two identical versions were hand-painted). Privately commissioned icons.
Saint John the Evangelist and Saint Prochorus - Saint John Receiving the Revelation. 24 x 36 x 0.75 inches (61 x 91.5 x 2cm), acrylic paint on wood panel, 2021. Commissioned for St. John the Evangelist Orthodox Church in Beaver Falls, PA, USA.
Saint Helen, Mother of Emperor Constantine and Equal to the Apostles. 5.5 x 5.5 x 0.75 inches (14 x 14 x 2cm), acrylic paint and gold leaf on wood panel, 2023. Privately commissioned icon.
Saint Sophrony Sakharov of Essex. 4 x 6 x 0.75 inches (10 x 15 x 2cm), acrylic paint on watercolor paper that is mounted on wood panel, 2020. Sold.
Saint Raphael of Brooklyn (with his relics). 11.25 x 14 x 0.75 inches, acrylic paint and 23 carat gold leaf on wood board with reliquary containing the saint's holy relics, 2024. Icon commissioned by Holy Trinity Orthodox Church in Parma, OH, USA.
Saint John Maximovitch of Shanghai and San Francisco. 5.5 x 8 x 0.75 inches (14 x 20 x 2cm), acrylic paint and golden metal leaf on wood panel, 2021. Privately commissioned icon.
Saint Fanourios. 5.5 x 8 x 0.75 inches (14 x 20 x 2cm), acrylic and golden metal leaf on wood panel, 2022. Privately commissioned icon.
The Virgin of Vladimir. 5.2 x 6 x 0.75 inches (13 x 15 x 2cm), acrylic paint and golden metal leaf on wood panel, 2021. Sold.
Saint Alexander Schmorell of Munich. 4 x 6 x 0.75 inches (10 x 15 x 2cm), acrylic paint on wood panel, 2020. Sold.
Saint Gregory of Nyssa. 6.5 x 11.25 x 0.75 inches (16.5 x 28.5 x 2cm), acrylic paint on wood panel, 2021. Sold.
Triptych Icon of Saint Therese of Lisieux, Our Lord Jesus Christ, Saint John the Beloved, and Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini. 11.25 x 22.5 x 0.75 inches (28.5 x 57 x 2cm), acrylic and gold leaf on wood panel. 2023. Privately commissioned icon.
Saint Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God. 9 x 14 x 0.25 inches (23 x 35.5 x 0.6 cm), acrylic paint on wood panel, 2020. Available.
St. Lorenzo de Ruiz. 5.5 x 8 x 0.25 inches, acrylic paint and gold leaf on wood panel, 2021. Privately commissioned icon.
Saint Eusebius of Samosata 5.5 x 8 x 0.75 inches (14 x 20 x 2cm), acrylic paint and golden metal leaf on wood panel, 2022. Privately commissioned icon.