Paintings under treatment in the studio
Cleaning cupola mural of “The Four Seasons” by David Ramsay Hay
Retouching the Blairs Memorial Portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots, Blairs Museum, Aberdeen
John Bellany “The Obsession”, City Art Centre, Edinburgh, restored 2012
Jacopo Bassano “Laban & His Flock”, Dumfries House Trust, restored 2012
Pieter Breughel “The Faithless Shepherd”, Aberdeen Art Gallery, treated 2012
F C B Cadell “The Black Hat” City Art Centre, Edinburgh, treated 2008
Law’s Close merchant’s house, Kirkcaldy, monochrome reproduction of 17th C decorative painting on fire-damaged beam-&-board ceiling, Scottish Historic Buildings Trust, 2005
Marischal College, Aberdeen, painting and gilding of relief crests above entrance gateway, Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd. & Aberdeen City Council, 2011
“Children’s Games & Amusements” mural by John Maxwell, former Craigmillar Primary School, after treatment, Castle Rock Edinvar Housing Association, restored 2006
“Alice In Wonderland” mural by R H Westwater, Wardie Primary School, Edinburgh, after treatment, Edinburgh City Council, restored 2012
Retouching recovered original decoration in The Pewter Corridor, Dumfries House
“Shepherds Sheltering, Quirang, Skye” by Hugh Waller Paton, restored 2011, now in the National Gallery of Scotland
Devotional Altarpiece, by Owen Davison, for the Stirling Castle Palace Project, Historic Scotland, 2011 (oak joinery by Arttus Ltd; gesso and gilding by Colleen Donaldson ACR)
“Dolly Crombie” by Robert Brough, Aberdeen Art Gallery, treated 2012
“Brother & Sister” by Joan Eardley, Aberdeen Art Gallery, treated 2007
“Beatrice” by William Dyce, Aberdeen Art Gallery, before treatment for split in panel, 2007
The Blairs Memorial Portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots, by an unknown Low Countries artist Blairs Museum, Aberdeen, restored 2002
Checking the lining of “Cain Degraded” by David Scott, The Royal Scottish Academy
Cleaning the decorative ceiling at Cringletie House Hotel, near Peebles
Retouching “Still Life with Roses” by S J Peploe
Cleaning the mural “Children’s Games & Amusements” by John Maxwell, in the former Craigmillar Primary School
Paintings being treated in the studio
Marking out for lining, “Fox Terriers”, private collection
Varnish removal from the Arms of Great Britain, 18th C, St. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh
James Stewart, Earl of Moray by Hans Eworth, 1561. Treated 2013
Rare Pre-Reformation Scottish panel from Blairs Museum Aberdeen. Restored 2013
15th C altarpiece by Baldassarre di Biagio del Firenze, from Abbotsford House. Restored 2013
Re-joining a 16th C panel painting
James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran, by Arnold Bronckhorst, 1578, before retouching
James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran by Bronckhorst, from Lennoxlove House, restored 2013
'The Curlers' by Charles Lees, restored 2014, now on display in The Scottish National Portrait Gallery
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