Every once in awhile I get an interesting challenge that comes through my studio door. I just finished one such challenge. Jim Kingwell, one of Lahaina's gallery owners, sent a customer to me with a damaged painting. I repaired a torn canvas for Jim some time back. He was overjoyed with the job I did and recommended me to his friend.
Chuck, Jim's friend, called and told me his son had sliced the canvas when he was opening the box it was in with a box cutter. He asked if I was able to repair it and how much would it cost. I told him I needed to see the painting to get a good idea of the time involved. He brought the painting over to my studio a short time later. I was expecting a smallish cut, maybe no bigger then a few inches. What I saw was no small cut. The canvas was nearly cut from top to bottom, with a small skipped section.
After talking with Chuck to get an assessment of value for the painting, in other words was it a valuable piece or a sentimental one. I learned it was part of a set of five paintings. Each painting had one of his boats in it and the paintings were done by a local artist in 1976. The artist is no longer around.
After examining the painting I told him yes I could repair it but there may be imperfections left visible due to the wide gap toward the center of the cut. He was fine with that and the estimated $50 an hour approximate three hours I thought it would take.
The slideshow below is the step by step process I took to repair the painting. The repair took three and a half hours. The drying time between each patch, coats of gesso and layers of oil paint approximately 4 weeks. I don't charge for drying time.
Chuck had come by to see the nearly completed repair job and was over joyed with it at that stage ( see picture number 12 ). I told him I needed to build up the oil paint a bit more to fill in the gap. Then I would be satisfied.
I had Charlie and a few artist friends of mine look over the painting to see if they could see the damaged area. I was happy when they told me they couldn't.
Time to call Chuck.
Chuck, Jim's friend, called and told me his son had sliced the canvas when he was opening the box it was in with a box cutter. He asked if I was able to repair it and how much would it cost. I told him I needed to see the painting to get a good idea of the time involved. He brought the painting over to my studio a short time later. I was expecting a smallish cut, maybe no bigger then a few inches. What I saw was no small cut. The canvas was nearly cut from top to bottom, with a small skipped section.
After talking with Chuck to get an assessment of value for the painting, in other words was it a valuable piece or a sentimental one. I learned it was part of a set of five paintings. Each painting had one of his boats in it and the paintings were done by a local artist in 1976. The artist is no longer around.
After examining the painting I told him yes I could repair it but there may be imperfections left visible due to the wide gap toward the center of the cut. He was fine with that and the estimated $50 an hour approximate three hours I thought it would take.
The slideshow below is the step by step process I took to repair the painting. The repair took three and a half hours. The drying time between each patch, coats of gesso and layers of oil paint approximately 4 weeks. I don't charge for drying time.
Chuck had come by to see the nearly completed repair job and was over joyed with it at that stage ( see picture number 12 ). I told him I needed to build up the oil paint a bit more to fill in the gap. Then I would be satisfied.
I had Charlie and a few artist friends of mine look over the painting to see if they could see the damaged area. I was happy when they told me they couldn't.
Time to call Chuck.
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