Painting Restoration

Christiane Van Marsenille is specialized in the delicate restoration procedure of oil or acrylic paintings on any kind of supports.
A picture is often covered by a varnish that became grimy over the years. Although protecting the painting, it has stored dust and smoke. Cleaning - which can reveal forgotten details, even a signature - and re-varnishing can be enough to bring the painting back to its former splendor .
Relining, consolidation and conditionning can also be needed.
In case of more important damage : holes, tears, scratches, previous unaccurate restorations, the most efficient and most suited techniques will be applied in order to keep the original character of the painting.
The examples displayed on this page show only a few possibilities that can be used to bring your artwork back to life.

Successive steps of restoration processes