Painting Conservation

Above, you can see a painting before cleaning (left), after cleaning (bottom right), and in the middle of the cleaning process (top right). 

Above, raking light photos show the before (left) and after (right) results from a heat/vacuum table to stabilize painting and correction of planar deformations.

Above are the before (left) and after (right) effects of the cleaning process.

Above, raking light photos show the results of treatment to clean, consolidate on heat/vacuum table, and line to hold planar deformations and punctures in a flat plane.

The picture on the left shows a painting with an aged varnish. The right corner shows the beginning of the varnish removal, revealing the original colors of the painting below. The picture on the right shows the painting after cleaning and varnish removal, with the artist’s original colors on full display.