Name: Portrait by Oliver Messel, Caribbean Islands

Media: Oil paint on paper

Conservation:

• Is this a varnished painting that has discoloured or restoration over the entire painting?

• I teamed up with a painting conservator who lifted away the restoration to reveal a more painterly hand

• Also revealed was worm damage and paper losses to fill in.

This project, few can all be thankful that the ethics, training and moral consciousness has improved. There are less restorers and more Accredited Conservators in every field, even formaldehyde to provide preservation in medical college collections and Damian Hirst glass enclosures.