Projects
Lead Conservator: N.C. Wyeth’s Largest Mural (2022 - Present)
Commissioned to stabilize, restore, and temporarily re-house five large canvases that comprise N.C. Wyeth’s The Apotheosis of the Family (approx. 19 x 60 ft). Originally commissioned to mark the centennial of the Wilmington, DE Saving Funds Society in 1932. The mural is being prepared for installation in a new location based in the DE-PA area.
Principal Investigator: University of Delaware Basquiat-Warhol Project Grant (2020-2023)
Project Leader for the investigation into Jean-Michael Basquiat’s use of oil paintsticks, relating to paintings that exhibit UV-fluorescent imagery. Comprehensive analysis of the materials used to create a total of ten works served as a benchmark study for Basquiat’s works dating from 1980-85. Collaborative works with Andy Warhol currently held at the Andy Warhol Museum were also included.
Materials Information and Technical Resources for Artists - MITRA (Present)
Project Leader for the design, launch, and development of a forum hosted by the University of Delaware. A major goal of the online forum is to provide an up-to-date resource for artists who have specifc questions relating to art materials and long-term preservation of their works.
Visible Conservation Project - Villanova University (2013 - 2015)
Project Leader for the visible conservation treatment of a large-scale canvas painting (12 x 20 ft) attributed to Pietro da Cortona (c. 1630) A major focus of treatment was geared towards promoting the arts and sciences through a visible conservation space. Classes at Villanova also benefited from the project as students worked together to perform the analysis and historical research of the painting.
Samuel H. Kress Foundation Website/Reconstruction Project (2009 - 2013)
Grant recipient for educational website and reconstruction workshop, together with paintings conservator Brian Baade. The Kress Technical Art History Website’s primary goal is to promote and disseminate knowledge relating to historic painting materials and techniques (13th-18th centuries) represented throughout the widely dispersed Kress collection of paintings in the United States. Portions of the site help the viewer to learn how art historians and conservators use science to examine artworks and art materials.