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6.50" x 10.00"
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2.00"
Frame Width:
0.88"
Overall:
12.00" x 15.50"
Outside the Walls of Historic Saint Catherine's Monastery - Egypt Framed Print
by Mark Tisdale
$86.00
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Outside the Walls of Historic Saint Catherine's Monastery - Egypt framed print by Mark Tisdale. Bring your print to life with hundreds of different frame and mat combinations. Our framed prints are assembled, packaged, and shipped by our expert framing staff and delivered "ready to hang" with pre-attached hanging wire, mounting hooks, and nails.
Design Details
I know I say this often about the places I've visited, but I would very much like to revisit Saint Catherine's Monastery at my leisure some day. The... more
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Artist's Description
I know I say this often about the places I've visited, but I would very much like to revisit Saint Catherine's Monastery at my leisure some day. The landscape of this region of the Sinai was just so rugged and beautiful and full of history. Santa Katarina lays claim to being one of the oldest working monasteries in the world, built in the time of Emperor Justinian I in the 6th century to enclose an earlier chapel built on the site of the burning bush. It's a place of pilgrimage for multiple faiths.
Our time in the monastery itself was brief as we were walking up Mount Sinai on the 3700 steps of repentance. Making that climb was exhausting! This picture of a Bedouin was taken just before we set out on the climb, and it remains one of my favorite photos of Saint Catherine's Monastery and this region of the Sinai. It captures the rugged landscape, the ancient history and the people who call this part of Egypt home today.
About Mark Tisdale
Life is full of happy surprises. After just over a decade working in the 9 to 5 cube world, I threw caution to the wind to follow my dreams of being a full time visual artist. That was five years ago! Is it easy? No, but something truly worthwhile is rarely simple. My body of work is wide ranging from photographic scenes of far away places, more near and dear locations, and more fanciful artwork. It's all crafted with a heartfelt love for finding the beauty in little captured moments. My artwork also hangs on walls near and far from private homes to businesses who have chosen to decorate with my art. Whether you've purchased one piece or a house full or you simply admire and share with your friends, your patronage of my art is...