The summer of 2011 I worked on a church restoration at St. Francis De Sales Catholic church in Paducah, Kentucky. On this project I worked for Tony Kartsonas of Historic Surfaces. Also on the project were Susie Buchholz, Nick Pavlos and Jeff Wolfe. The project was about 5 months long and I was there for … Continue reading »
This past spring I spent 6 weeks working on beautiful Nantucket Island helping restore the Old South Church in Nantucket Island. Today it is the oldest of the large church buildings still standing in the town. Nantucket is about 30 miles off the coast of Massachusetts and was the setting for the whalers from Herman … Continue reading »
This summer I have been working on a church restoration at St. Francis de Sales Catholic church in Paducah, Kentucky. The funny photo-montage below is me posing for reference for one of two paintings I have been commissioned to paint for a small altar in the church. I was lucky and surprised to find a … Continue reading »
As my friends know I have been spending a lot of time in the last two years working in Washington, DC on some mural conservations working with an Conservator/artist team to conserve some circa 1880′s decorative murals in an executive branch office building near the White House. With Page Conservation. About the 1940′s the decorations … Continue reading »
I am in Washington,D.C. for most of the first five months of 2009 working with Page Conservation on a restoration of an Executive branch office building that formerly housed the War Department. I am working very near the White House. The building was extensively decorated but unfortunately was over-painted in the late 1940’s. In the … Continue reading »
Here is a look at what I am doing this week in Washington DC. This is an 18th century wallpaper made with woodblock prints . It would have been manufactured by a company like Joseph Dufour et Cie. I’m working with Page Conservation who have mounted the wallpaper on panels and I am very carefully … Continue reading »
I am working on restoring the the 38-foot dome in Preston Bradley Hall a the Chicago Cultural Center.It is thought to be the world’s largest Tiffany dome. There should be an article describing the restoration in early July in the Chicago Tribune Magazine. With EverGreene Architectural Arts and Historic Surfaces . Here is an in … Continue reading »
Last month I painted a mural inside a cathedral dome at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Harrisburg, PA. The project was a recreation of an original mural that had suffered water damage over the years. I was the lead artist for EverGreene Architectural Arts. Four other artists worked under my supervision. Continue reading »
