We work for private and corporate clients, auction houses, galleries, other established restorers, in London and internationally.
For example: Sotheby’s, Christie’s, Bonhams, MacDougall’s, Roseberys, Richard Green Gallery, Philip Mould Gallery, Paisnel Gallery, Jonathan Clark Gallery, Duncan Miller Gallery, Simon Gillespie Studio, Stuart Sanderson, Henry Gentle and William Scott Foundation among many others.
We have worked on most well-known Old Master, Modern and Popular artists for example: Picasso, Renoir, Monet, Klimt, Van Dyke, Van Gogh, Reynolds, Breughel, Hitchens, Banksy, Grayson Perry, Murakami, as well as many others and world artists.
Below is a selection of various different projects from over the years.
Poor canvas surface before treatment shown in raking light
Poor canvas surface before treatment shown in raking light
Improved canvas surface after surface treatment and lining shown in raking light
Inscription on canvas before transparent lining
Inscription on canvas after transparent lining
Before restoration
After restoration
Fire damaged blistering and bubbling
paint and canvas shown with raking light
Improved canvas surface while preserving the original impasto after surface treatment and lining shown with raking light
Faint pencil inscription on back of canvas before transparent lining
Faint pencil inscription on back of canvas after transparent lining
Before surface treatment commences inside vacuum bag under raking light
After surface treatment inside vacuum bag under raking light
Before and after restoration of a small sacred painting on paper. It also had multiple tears repaired.
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