Senior treatment at Buffalo State College, Nelson Cook's Young Woman, from the collection of New York State Museum, Albany NY.  The portrait exhibited extensive water damage, flaking and loss.

Senior treatment at Buffalo State College, Nelson Cook's Young Woman, from the collection of New York State Museum, Albany NY.  The portrait exhibited extensive water damage, flaking and loss.

An example of a varnish removal.

Surface cleaning years of dirt off of an anonymous Italian landscape, oil on canvas.

An example of a tear repair on an oil painting on canvas.

An example of a tear repair on an oil painting on canvas.

An example of reweaving a tear using original threads.

Treatment of water damaged canvas from Hurricane Sandy:  Disinfecting canvas, reduction of mold stains and replacement of rusty staples

Treatment of water damaged canvas from Hurricane Sandy:  Disinfecting canvas, reduction of mold stains and replacement of rusty staples

Example of inpainting old, discolored retouching

Example of inpainting old, discolored retouching

This landscape suffered an extensive tear.  These images illustrate filling of the losses and final inpainting.

This landscape suffered an extensive tear.  These images illustrate filling of the losses and final inpainting.

This WPA mural in a New York Public school exhibited decades of surface grime.

This WPA mural in a New York Public school exhibited decades of surface grime.

During cleaning photograph of a Hudson River Landscape.  Dirt and Varnish are removed to reveal original colors, contrast, and atmosphere.

Before treatment photo of a landscape with a round tear in the upper right corner.

After treatment photo of a landscape with a round tear in the upper right corner.

Before Treatment image of painting exhibiting a tear (upper left) and extensive loss to impasto (lower right)

After Treatment image of painting following tear mending, stabilization, consolidation, and recreating of lost impasto.