Wooden wall bracket

Wooden wall bracket from a church. Left, exposed original paint; right, recreated paint scheme with antiqued surface.

During paint removal, over-paint left side of angel

Exposed original paint

During stripping of over-paint

St. Joseph's, Lincoln, CA

Mary and Child, repainted with original colors and patterns, installed at the church

Mary and Child unwrapped. The life size plaster statue has been ove-rpainted.

Mary and Child after being shipped from the East Coast to my studio

Plaster castings taken from the front of the crown, and attached to wire posts.

The back of Mary's crown after removal of bad plaster repair, and clipping of bent wires

Bad plaster repair on the back of Mary's crown

Holy Family Catholic Church, Citrus Haights, CA

St. Jude has been cleaned, in-painted and varnished

St. Joseph after recreation of historic paint. The statue had been stripped, and primed.

St. Joseph after removal of varnish, detail

Close-up of over-painting with stripping test

St. Jude, after restoration, and St. Joseph after repainting

The original poly-chroming on the wooden St. Jude (left) statue had been damaged/removed by improper cleaning. St. Joseph, (right),  had been stained and varnished, after removing the historic finish by a volunteer parishioner. The client asked me to recreate St. Joseph's finish (right), to match St. Jude's (left) restored polychroming.