His frescos survive now only in the Church of Our Savior of the Transfiguration-in-Elijah Street in Novgorod. His style is considered unsurpassed in expression achieved by almost mono-colored painting. His paintings have great intensity that captures the spiritual essence of each figure. Among the best preserved images in the church are the magnificent image of the Pantocrator in the dome, the frescos of the Forefathers Noah, Melzhizedek and Seth, and the panel icon of the Old Testament Trinity.

In 1395, he moved to Moscow where he painted in the Church of the Nativity of Mary in the Kremlin. In 1399, he worked on the frescos of an earlier structure of the Cathedral of Archangel Michael in the Kremlin. In 1405, he painted the frescos of an earlier Cathedral of the Annunciation in the Kremlin in a team with Andrei Rublev and Prokhor of Gorodets.