The church of St John at Kaneo, seen from the hillside behind it at golden hour — its dome dropped into the cobalt of Lake Ohrid, a lone boat on the water and the mountains stacked blue behind. An original vintage-style print of North Macedonia, delivered in a black wood frame so it goes straight from the box to the wall. A ready-made gift for anyone who has walked the lakeside path to Kaneo, or who keeps meaning to.
The design is drawn flat — a three-quarter view down from the hillside, with the red-tiled Byzantine church and its octagonal brick drum filling the right half and a cypress, stone steps and sunlit limestone ledges in the foreground. Diagonal branch shadows rake across the church's pale stone wall, a single white boat and its reflection sit on the rippled water at left, and the lake runs out to a layered blue-violet mountain range under a pale blue sky warming to peach at the horizon. LAKE sits small above OHRID in large cream serif capitals, a diamond rule beneath, then NORTH MACEDONIA in spaced orange caps, all set top-left over open water, worked in deep cobalt, terracotta, cream, ochre and olive green. It is printed on 189 g/m² heavyweight matte art paper, 10.3 mil thick — an uncoated stock that keeps the flat colour edges crisp without a hint of glare — and arrives framed in slim black ayous wood behind an acrylite front protector, with the hanging hardware already fitted.
- Sizes: 12″ × 16″, 16″ × 20″ and 18" × 24" portrait, supplied framed in black
- Paper: 189 g/m2 heavyweight matte art paper, 10.3 mil (0.26 mm) thick, milled in Japan — uncoated, so no glare
- Frame: 0.75″ (1.9 cm) black ayous wood from renewable forests
- Front: acrylite protector in place of glass — lighter, and it does not shatter in transit
- Hanging hardware included — arrives ready to hang, no assembly
Size chart
| Framed size | Art panel | Works well |
|---|---|---|
| 12" × 16" framed | 12 × 16 in | desk nooks, hallways, gallery walls, gifting |
| 16" × 20" framed | 16 × 20 in (fills the frame) | above a sofa, a bed or a console |
| 18" × 24" framed | 18 × 24 in | living rooms, above larger furniture, statement walls |
The illustration fills the 16″ × 20″ frame edge to edge and sits centred with a slim paper margin on the 12″ × 16″. Framed pieces ship flat and boxed, and travel separately from any rolled posters in the same order.
Quick answers
Does it come framed, and in what sizes?
Yes — 12″ × 16″, 16″ × 20″, or 18″ × 24″ portrait in a black ayous wood frame, 0.75″ (1.9 cm) thick, with an acrylite front protector and the hanging hardware already fitted. It arrives ready to hang.
Which size should I choose?
The 12″ × 16″ works well for desk nooks, hallways, gallery walls, and gifting. The 16″ × 20″ is a versatile choice above a sofa, bed, or console. The 18″ × 24″ creates more impact in living rooms, above larger furniture, or as a statement wall piece.
Is this a reprint of a vintage original?
No. It is an original illustration drawn in the mid-century travel-poster tradition — flat colour, clean edges, bold lettering — and a new composition made for RaZits. It is not a scan of a historic print.
What is the church on the cliff?
It is the Church of St John the Theologian at Kaneo, a small medieval Orthodox church, most likely built in the 13th century, on a rocky promontory above Lake Ohrid, on the edge of the town of Ohrid in North Macedonia. Lake Ohrid is one of Europe's oldest and deepest lakes, shared with Albania, and the Ohrid region is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site for both its natural and cultural heritage.
Ohrid's cliff-top church, held in the last light of the day.
