Our client was surprised at the wonderful results of what the Houston expert fine art oil painting restorer was able to accomplish for his family heirloom!
A couple brought us this inherited painting. They liked the painting, but it had very heavy tobacca smoke on the surface. They wanted us to remove the layers and layers from the heavy smoke environment.
Antique Oil Painting Restoration Houston Our client had this portrait of his great grandmother who he had been named after that was about 135 to 140 years old. It had been in a box for about 40 years. He asked the art teacher at a school he worked at how he could get the oil […]
“Maris, the work you do means a lot. I am glad you helped me to decide to save something that may have otherwise been gone. Preserving old art is important. I like the way the colors are visible but that it still keeps to the muted shades of the low daylight. I can see your attention to preserving […]
The first word you need to consider on the subject of oil painting restoration cost is “RISK.” Of course, you can always find a cheaper restorer, but you must ask yourself why they do not charge more for their service. If they are new and working out of their home with no presence in an […]
This is an example of restoring oil paintings that need more than cleaning. As you can see there is a small area on the top left which still needs to have a paint touch up which in “our circles” is called in-painting. You may wonder how to clean an oil painting. We say, keep wondering. […]
When you have a painting with tears, we will be happy to restore it. We don’t recommend that you take the risk of doing this yourself. If it is a modern painting with a sharp cut, that restoration will be less complex than the restoration of an antique painting with a torn brittle canvas. Over time, canvases […]
