R. Gissing: The Oil Rig, 1951

Before treatment, the painting was damp with heavy accretions of mud. The paint was blanched/whitened due to absorptio...Read more

After treatment, the painting is clean, the canvas is in-plane and the paint is secure. The paint saturation is restore...Read more

Before, in raking light the uneven shrinkage of the wet painting is visible, as are the mud accretions and the flaking p...Read more

After, it is obvious in raking light that the painting has a clean surface, cracks are stabilized and the canvas has reg...Read more

Before, detail of top left corner shows the flaking paint, blanching of the paint leading to unsaturated tones, and accr...Read more

After, the area is clean, paint is stabilized and the image has more clarity and saturation....Read more

Before, bottom left....Read more

After, bottom left showing the success of the paint reconstitution treatment which has restored the blanched and whitene...Read more

Before, bottom right...Read more

After, the image and the signature are restored by reconstitution in an organic vapour chamber....Read more

The conservator cleans the paint and does an initial consolidation to the many areas of paint flaking and cracking....Read more

The painting receives a temporary facing to protect the paint in place while the ground and paint are consolidated from...Read more

The painting receives a temporary facing to stabilize the paint in place so that it can be consolidated from the reverse...Read more

The painting is consolidated on our heated suction table, infusing consolidant into the compromised ground and paint lay...Read more

The conservator infills the small areas of paint loss with a tinted fill material under raking light....Read more

A tinted wax resin fill is textured to emulate the painting texture....Read more

The conservator inpaints onto the fills. ...Read more