Sarah Murray Paintings Conservation

08/20/2025

A friend recently asked if I were still doing conservation, and it made me realize how little I've been posting work on social media - for some time!
So I will try and post more of what I'm doing, albeit that I often can't post whole images of paintings in my studio, for privacy reasons.
I regularly meet clients at our shop, JDewers on Morena Blvd - here's a nice one that came in today - a seascape by Gustave Courbet (1819 - 1877).

08/19/2025

08/19/2025

Assessing a damaged artwork by Peruvian artist Sara Flores in Rancho Santa Fe this morning.

11/16/2022

A few projects that have passed through the studio in the last month....

11/16/2022

"Art in Nature", currently on show at the Laguna Museum of Art.
Working onsite for two days, I prepared 'the largest painting in Laguna' (at over 16' long) for mounting onto a custom-made stretcher bar. Janos came up with his crew and we mounted the painting, which after a little restoration of the edges was ready for the show!

06/23/2020

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/restorer-disfigures-murillo-s-17th-century-virgin-mary

Spain’s art conservation community say the country needs to better regulate the industry

07/02/2019

Come and listen to my upcoming presentation!!

04/09/2019

Today I’m cleaning condos ;)

06/27/2018

Removing a dirty varnish from a bright blue sky

01/31/2018

Progressive cleaning

01/17/2018

Grime being removed from a California Impressionist painting - turn the sound on for commentary :)

01/12/2018

And still more projects from 2017!