Oil painting and acrylic painting repair extends across a wide spectrum. The Restorer can fix rips and tears, rebuild areas of missing canvas, reattach the canvas or linen to stretching bars, and retouch flaking, cracking and large areas of missing paint.

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The restoration of photos and original photographs has become a dying art. There are few restorers with the skill or patience to return original photographs to perfect condition. Photoshop and other digital technologies have developed far enough that many people choose to recreate their works utilizing these new technologies.

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Every single criterion of the restorer-- from oil painting restoration to Ceramics, Sculptures and many other disciplines-- is called upon in the restoration of antiques.

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Works of art are subject to many dangers. In addition to accidents and abuse, temperature and humidity make the environment a major factor in the survival of art. Around us, there are many causes of both simple and severe damage.

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Art Restoration is an art form that even the originating artists can rarely perform. The art restorer follows criteria that will allow him to return the artwork or artifact to its original state. A unique mixture of craft, science and aesthetics empowers the restorer to reverse the damages of time and the environment.

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A Master Art Restorer is a highly trained individual. Adapting the techniques employed in restoring painting, sculpture, ceramics, paper, and photos, the restorer must develop criteria that improve the original condition of the work as well as integrate with the work perfectly.

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A canvas painting that has gone slack renders the painting subject to gravity as well as other forces that will weaken and damage the original surface. A taut canvas, one stretched to the proper tensile strength, is the foundation of health for an oil painting.

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Ceramic repair and restoration is a specialty of Restoration By Heart. We have restored ceramic works from which over half of the original piece was missing. By using pictures of the originals, we are capable of restoring the most depleted works to good-as-new condition.

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Oil paintings need to be cleaned every twenty to sixty years. Smoke, humidity, gravity, pollution, insects, and many other factors can mitigate the surface of an oil painting. In addition, quite often the paint itself grows dry and brittle.

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The serigraph is created through a silkscreen process, and serigraphs are often called "silk screens." Using a different screen for each color applied in the process, silk screening is known for creating a richly, deeply colored artwork.

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Comic book repair and restoration comprise a relatively new field that uses many of the old techniques of art restoration, blending different forms of fine art restoration such as paper and lithograph conservation.

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Restoring etchings and engravings is a delicate process. Abrasive chemicals can easily remove the fine lines in engravings and etchings, but these agents can also do more damage than help.

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Fine art restoration is an important discipline that falls into two major categories. In one area, the work is stabilized: The restorer takes the painting or artifact and commits to criteria that will not allow the artwork to degenerate any further.

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Cleaning, repairing, remolding frames is a specialty at Restoration by Heart. Frames damaged by age, shipping, smoke, fire and other conditions can be restored to perfection.

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Art Restoration is an art form that even the originating artists can rarely perform. The art restorer follows criteria that will allow him to return the artwork or artifact to its original state.

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The restoration of lithographs is a specialty at Restoration By Heart. Gustavo Perez, our head restorer, has for years been the choice of the Andy Warhol Conservancy to restore Warhol's work.

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Oil painting and acrylic painting repair extends across a wide spectrum. The Restorer can fix rips and tears, rebuild areas of missing canvas, reattach the canvas or linen to stretching bars, and retouch flaking, cracking and large areas of missing paint.

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The restoration of oil paintings is a fascinating mixture of science, artistry and even, at times, magic. An oil painting is made with organic materials that need to be replenished with time,

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Foxing is a condition that can seriously inhibit vintage paper. This condition can be caused by water exposure, humidity, mold, smoke damage, the rust chemical ferric oxide, or by sunlight and atmospheric pollution which has been absorbed.

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The conservation and restoration of paper is considered the most difficult regimen in art restoration. Rebuilding paper is a delicate art which requires patience and great acumen.

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Paper discoloration can be caused by many factors. The most common problems come from water or humidity. With the exposure of paper to water, the chance occurs for acid and mold to form.

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Paper is considered by most restoration professionals to be the hardest medium to restore. In fact, many who call themselves restorers cannot perform conservation or restoration of paper.

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The restoration of photos and original photographs has become a dying art. There are few restorers with the skill or patience to return original photographs to perfect condition.

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Sculptures Restoration and Conservation is one of the most important skills in all of art restoration. In most cases the sculpture can be made perfect again. At Restoration By Heart we have restored many pieces by Winchester, Graham, and Degas, among others.

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The serigraph is created through a silkscreen process, and serigraphs are often called "silk screens."

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Smoke is one of the great mitigating factors in the health of a piece of art. Even when a painting, serigraph, lithograph or giclee is framed, great danger remains from the destructive powers of smoke.

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The restoration of baseball cards and other sports memorabilia has become a growing sector in the world of art restoration. We have restored baseball cards using techniques that make the restoration invisible.

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Movie, Theater and Art Posters have become prime objects of conservation and art restoration. In many cases, these pieces have become historical artifacts of great importance.

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A good varnish is one of the most important factors in the restoration and conservation of oil paintings. Modern science has come to the aid of art restorers.

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Watercolor is one of the most demanding forms of conservation and restoration. In almost all watercolors the white of the picture comes from the background since watercolor has no "white" for the artist to utilize.

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