Don't forget that I clean, and restore paintings, and at very reasonable prices. I can be contacted
either through my email address, or my guestbook, provided the message is in english.
I do not value
paintings, as this is a task for valuers. The best ones are usually to be found at large auctioneers premises.
Within a few month's I may be able to show a before, and after picture to show you repairs, as I have
been asked to repair a badly damaged still life.
The painting has arrived, so here is the resume of my assessment
of what is needed, and its faults.
(1) The paint is dry, and dirty. needs cleaning,and enhancing
(2) The painting has holes in it. Needs repainting in several areas.
(3)
The canvas is rotten.Needs removing from stretcher, and recanvassing, then replacing on stetcher.
(4)
The paint has been scaped off in several places and needs building up to hide damage.
(5) The stretcher
is rotten and a new one has to be made to replace the damaged one.
Here it is. Has been kept in a garden shed for years
Look closely and you will be able to see the light through the picture
Closeup of the bottom right hand corner. the paint is cracked, and the light brown is the rotten canvas. most of the painting
is like this.
As can be seen, the picture has now been transfered to a new piece of canvas, using a very strong, and flexible glue.
I now await the new stretcher, which is the only part of this restoration I don't do myself.
Today the new stretcher arrived so I mounted the painting onto it.
Here the painting is back on the easel ready for repainting where needed
I've started the painting process with repairing the cracking, having lifted the signature, I will put this back later.
The painting is now having the painted surface repaired, which is going to be a long job, as something has damaged much of
the paint. Mixing this type of paint and getting it right is quite difficult, and requires a lot of patience.
Just one more job left, and it can go back to it's owner. That job is to varnish it, which I can do when the paint is
a little older, as this paint is very slow, and will take another month to dry sufficiently to take the varnish. This will
not alter the painting, so what you see here is the finished painting. A most enjoyable job.
ABOUT US
I have been collecting art for about 40yrs, and at one time owned 142
oil/acrylic paintings, which I have whittled down to 95, having given away some 47 of the not so good ones. Now I have a really
nice collection which I use to raise money, not only for charity, but for other,what I consider to be, worthwhile causes.
I'm
now 68 yrs of age, and have travelled the world, collecting as I go, and there are, in the collection, paintings from across
the world, though I mostly show the English ones.
Anyone who thinks they cannot paint, or produce a painting is wrong, nearly all humans can!
If you would
like me to prove that you can then leave a message on the link below with your username, and email address. This is a free
service!
You can contact me direct at
michaelnes@inbox.com . You will receive a reply.
Please sign my guestbook, and feel free to leave a comment.
