Old Hunting Painting Restored
This valuable pre 1900’s oil painting has an interesting story. A couple, who had paintings restored by us before, were looking to buy this Hunting painting at auction. They sent a photo of the painting before the auction ended, and then called asking if we could restore it. It’s hard to answer a question like this just from a photo, but we encouraged them to purchase it if they loved it, and from what we could see, we believed we could restore it. They won the auction bid and purchased the panting, and soon after brought it to us. Of course, as things so often go, the painting...
Read MoreInteresting old photo restored
This very cool photo was sent to us from someone who has had it for many years. It was originally thought to be a tin type. That said, when I got it in our studio I saw that it was not a tin type, but at first inspection I didn’t know what it was. The photo was framed in a metal round frame, with a ribbon eyelet. We scanned it right away because the rips were fast becoming a serious problem all by itself. We restored the photo as we usually do, and when the final print was made, we had permission to try to remove the photo from the frame to see what it was and how it was all put...
Read More19th Century Family Heirloom Portrait Restored
This lovely portrait was brought to our attention by a local Southport customer in the St. James community. This painting has been in their family for nearly 200 years, and the subject is a family member. It’s a large painting at 3×5 feet, and of significant historical value. As you can see from our “before” photos, it was in terrible shape. The painting had a few rips, and it was severely covered with a dark substance that had probably built up for generations. Often times it’s smoke buildup, but we had to do some testing to see what it was and what would clean...
Read MoreWaikiki Sailor Photograph Restored
This beautiful 8×10 black and white photograph of a sailor was sent to us by a wonderful client that has worked with us before. It’s a very precious family photograph. As you can see this print was probably folded at some point, maybe because it had to travel from place to place, but I really don’t know. Either way, it was in rough shape. You can see by the close up image below that being folded was not the only problem, the surface of this photo was really damaged too. This one was a challenge for sure, but we did our best and the final print was lovely. We don’t just...
Read MoreTwo wooden plates restored
We us ally restore paintings or photographs, but sometimes something different is brought to us. In this case it was two beautiful wooden plates that needed some cleaning, in-painting and more. Sadly I do not have the before photos on hand but I do have that after. So for what it’s worth, they were in real need of some care and did not look like these after photos. But these two photos show just how beautiful these plates are in their restored state. Hopefully I’ll find the original before photos so we can show the difference. But I love these so much that I just wanted to show...
Read MoreRestoring Patched painting
This painting came to us with a previous restoration. Unfortunately the restoration was done improperly with small canvas patches glued on the back (with animal hide glue) to repair rips in the canvas. Glue is not a good thing and causes problems for future restorations. Painting before restoration Canvas back showing the glued areas after we removed the canvas patches. The glue unfortunately went straight through to the paint and could not be removed. Back of canvas after relining. Showing damage on the front of the painting. Showing damage on front of...
Read MoreBeautiful seascape with tear restored
This beautiful seascape oil painting came to use with a large tear in the canvas. It also needed some cleaning, but the tear was the big problem. It is an old painting which was also somewhat brittle and delicate. A relining was needed to bring some stability back and make it more feasible to repair the tear.
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