Art Restoration Restore an Oil Painting

Santa Barbara, Ventura, Thousand Oaks Areas

Click to see short video of interesting projects and capabilities

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Fine Art Conservation Laboratories specializes in the preservation and restoration
of paintings on canvas and board, on murals and we do limited art conservation
work with art on paper. For particular problems with your paintings, see the links at
the end of this article...
Scott M. Haskins has been working professionally as a painting conservator since
1975. Having trained and worked in Italy for years, he returned to the US (Rocky
Mountains) in 1979 to head up the art conservation laboratory at Brigham Young
University. In 1984, he moved back to his native Southern California and settled in
Santa Barbara, thankful to leave a very harsh winter!
Clients willingly associate with FACL, Inc. on a long distance basis, and so the lab
provides professional painting conservation services over a wide geographical
region. Click here for Testimonials.
Three art restorers work together as a team to ensure good problem solving, quality
control and a good turn around schedule. All professional art conservators are
members of the American Institute for Art Conservation and embrace the

professional Standards of Practice and ethics guidelines. Together with Scott M.

Haskins...
Virginia Panizzon has been working at FACL since she was 8 years old (she is
Scotts 38 year old daughter). In addition to the apprenticeship process she has gone
through, she worked in Italy for 2 years on a professional art conservation exchange
and has taken advanced professional training courses in structural work on
paintings and for advanced inpainting techniques.
Oriana Montemurro is an Italian trained art conservator from Turin, Italy who has
worked with FACL since 2002.

This painting by William Wendt was cleaned, cracks reduced and newly varnished for
Bonhams Auction House and then sold for $1.4 million

Links of interest:
Click on this link to see a short video lab tour:
http://www.FineArtConservationLab.com
Cleaning an oil painting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DSzHcEBZ40
Rip repair on oil painting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2Jxozdtl0w
Water Damaged Art Mold (by our client in Las Vegas):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_YupoIRRcs

Smoke damaged art: http://www.fineartconservationlab.com/in-lab/hopelesssmoke-damaged-paintings-given-new-life-3-valuable-tips/

Video testimonials of paintings and mural restoration:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL41D80C1C65FF2CE7
Written testimonials: http://www.fineartconservationlab.com/testimonials/
Expert witness on art related matters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=_oeNfXQ26mM
More legal testimony on art related matters:
http://www.fineartconservationlab.com/art-damage-expert-witness-and-legaltestimony/
Teamwork at FACL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIkMMWRy58k

Badly damaged in a fire, this 1880s French Old Master painting

was resurrected and returned to fine condition for a Chinese client in Shanghai.

FAQs
Do you appraise art? It is unethical for a professional art conservation business to
make statements of value of artwork because of the many ways there can be a
conflict of interest. Stating the value of an item so that the favorable decision will be
made to undertake the conservation costs is considered unethical. In fact it is
common all over the world for dealers and art restorers to low-ball the value of an
item brought in for restoration in order to buy it. Then they fix it up and resell it to
the disadvantage of the previous owner: quite a racquet. We refer all interested
people in appraisals to an independent certified appraiser with whom we
collaborate to affirm condition and authenticity details and aid in the appraisal
process and research.
Can you authenticate a painting? We are well known for our entry level
analytical tests that we perform. These tests include inspection with a stereo
binocular microscope, pigment analysis with a polarizing microscope, use of
ultraviolet visible fluorescence, use of an infrared reflectometer, use of xradiography. We identify fake signatures often, identify improper restorations, and
many other such problems. But we do not affirm the authorship of artwork. This
type of work is done involving scholarship and research. Also, more sophisticated
analysis is not done in our lab. We charge $200 per hour for in lab work PLUS
additional fees for equipment usage.
How much does it cost to clean a painting? Because paintings are made with
different techniques, many artists experimented, age makes a difference, previous
restorations complicate issues cleaning is not a per square inch type of estimating
process. We routinely clean a 24 x 30 painting for about $300.00 but we have
charged as much as $10,000 for a very complicated project. We had the 40 Missions
of California by Henry Chapman Ford (painted between 1874 1886) in our lab and
every one was cleaned differently. A small test is needed to help determine the time
required and the potential benefits from cleaning. We do not charge for these types
of tests.
Contact info
Scott M. Haskins, Head of Conservation
805 564 3438 faclartdoc@gmail.com
If you would like to know more about what you can do to protect and preserve your
original family history items, collectibles and memorabilia click on this link for a free
copy of Scott M. Haskins book Save Your Stuff Collection Care Tips, 210 pages with
35 embedded how-to videos.
CLICK HERE for our YouTube channel - Subscribe! See quick
video on Discovering Hidden Signatures on Paintings!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxOqa-Aa9Nk