Orginal fine art sales, restoration, framing & convex glass to around the world.

The value of art objects can be preserved and enhanced using proper conservation, restoration and preservation techniques and materials. Our conservators are knowledgeable and trained to restore works of art such as oil, acrylic, mixed media, watercolor, gouache, pastel, etchings, engravings, lithographs, serigraphs, relief prints, mezzotints, antique documents, photos, sculpture, glass, pottery and antique frames to museum standards, using the best materials and techniques. We have restored many works of art and frames for museums, corporations and individuals. For the past twenty-four (24) years we have had the contract with the City of Atlanta to clean, repair and restore the Atlanta Cyclorama Diorama. We have restored Post Office and other murals and are presently working on restoring the worlds largest circumference cyclorama, the 1000 foot "The Life of Christ" by Jackson Bailey.

Graphics (art on paper), documents and photographs. Acidity in paper causes deterioration and often contributes to staining or spots (foxing), may turn the paper tan, brown or worse. It often happens from inside the paper as certain properties and parts of the materials of which certain paper is made are acidic, and improper framing materials, techniques and environment such as temperature and humidity contribute to the damage. We neutralize the acidity and add a buffering agent to make the pH of the paper stay out of the acidic range if the framed environment has all proper conservation and preservation materials.

We clean, repair and restore frames damaged in shipping, antique frames from age deterioration, and refinish as desired to complement the art. Ornamentation can be added to corners to make a finished corner frame. Liners can be added to make a frame fit a smaller painting, and many frames can be cut down in size and refinished to suit the painting, surrounding decor or whatever is desired.

BEFORE

Damaged frame with missing pieces

AFTER

Restored frame. Resculpted, refinished ornamentation

CLEANING

Original oil paintings often become brittle, flake paint, and even lose paint in chips or larger areas. Lining is recommended to stabalize all the remaining paint by applying a new canvas behind the old one with an adhesive that goes through the old canvas right to the back of the paint and secures it so that it is stable and will no longer separate from the support. If the old or damaged painting has large tears, splits or areas that will separate when restretched we often use another layer of very strong (high tensile strength) fiberglass cloth between the old and new canvas. This allows the lined canvas to be restretched tightly so that temperature and humidity fluctuations do not cause further dimensional changes which allow cracks to form and show. We make every effort to return the image to what the artist intended it to look like when the artwork was first completed. Often minor cracks are left as some clients appreciate them as adding to the "antique character." Any splits, tears or distracting elements are filled and inpainted (touched up) so as not to detract from the proper effect of the image.

Lined and partially cleaned	Lined and partially cleaned

Oil on canvas landscape	Detail of torn and dirty and partially cleaned antique oil on canvas

Original art works on paper

(a badly stained pencil drawing shown below)

BEFORE	AFTER

Water damged and stained pencil drawing	Cleaned and flattened

RESTORATION

(Original oil paintings)

BEFORE	AFTER

Torn antique oil on canvas portrait	lined, cleaned, filled, inpainted, and restretched

Original art works on paper

(a pastel painting with water damage and stains shown below)

BEFORE	AFTER

Water damaged	cleaned, deacidified and inpainted

Digital Restoration

BEFORE	AFTER

Part of the image missing	Recreated digitally, restored, enhanced, and touched up

BEFORE	AFTER

Damaged photograph	digitally restored, touched up and enhanced

BEFORE	AFTER

City of Austell Mayor Yarbrough- antique photograph	digitally restored, touched up, enhanced

BEFORE	AFTER

Postcard Photograph	Cropped and resized to only have an image of the gentleman, restored, touched up, and enhanced

BEFORE	AFTER

Fire damaged photograph w/ glass stuck to the image	Digitally removed glass, restored, touched up, and enhanced

There is a $100.00 consultation fee to have artwork examined for condition, recommended restoration, and/or appraisal. This includes research on the piece that may be needed and up to an hour of time with our restoration specialist. Each package includes an attached frame, and we open and reassemble if work is not contracted. Each additional piece for a restoration estimate at the same meeting is $50. There is no consultation fee if a minimum of $175. restoration is contracted.

Please call and make an appointment for all restoration estimates. If you are not in the Atlanta metro area and can not bring the artwork to the gallery we are more than happy to make an appointment for a phone conference. You may also carefully pack and ship us any piece that is insured. The same fees apply as stated above and you will need to have detailed, high quality photographs of the piece in question to send by mail or email.

Phone: 1-800-969-2459