Rosalind Whitehouse
Profile of Rosalind Whitehouse
Consolidation of flaking paint
East Anglia, United Kingdom
Studio of Rosalind Whitehouse,
Accredited Paintings Conservator - Restorer
Conservation and restoration of European oil paintings from 1500 to the present day, offering in addition a specialist knowledge and experience of the work of many twentieth century painters.
Removal of grime, discoloured varnish coatings and old, darkened and discoloured repaints.
Stages in cleaning
These are the layers which all too often obscure the real colours and artistic intention of the painting.
They can also act as agents of deterioration. Grime can be surprisingly aggressive in its effects, and varnishes can exert traction on the paint layers beneath.
They can be removed with the use of carefully chosen solvents and reagents, or sometimes mechanically with scalpels under magnification.
In most cases, old repaints have covered far greater an area of the painting than was necessary .
When retouching losses, we use modern reversible resins and pigments, and work under magnification so that the restoration is restricted to the re-integration of damaged areas.