Marjorie Moyer

06/30/2022

02/02/2021

My latest restoration project:

Photo #1 The painting is off of its original stretcher and has had dust and grime removed from the back. Its lining canvas is on the left. It is a small landscape in oil that had quite a bit of paint loss. Photo #2 is backlit to show light coming through the loss areas. Photo #3 shows part of the process of filling in the loss areas. Photo #4 is the painting after lining, filling, inpainting, and varnishing. It was restretched on its original stretcher using its antique nails. The owner is not going to frame it so I preserved the original edges of the painting that would normally be trimmed. This made lining and restretching a little trickier.

10/20/2020

Can't seem to get to my timeline. Hmm.

05/22/2020

It appears that boredom lies behind the most creative ideas. That's why quarantine has produced some of the most entertaining activities. One of them is the Getty Museum challenge, that so many of you have already seen in our previous article here.

09/26/2019

UPDATE
Left: before, Right: Mary and Angel details after our efforts. In process. Tap pics for better view. This 5' x 12' painting is framed and on display in the Casimir Cultural Center, Cambria City, PA.

09/26/2019

New finish for a table top that was water damaged. Forgot to take a before picture but here it is sanded on the right and finished on the left.

08/14/2019

Tear - Painting of Virgin Mary. See below.

08/14/2019

Working on this 5' x 12' painting with Barb Zaborowski. It is a survivor of the 1889 Johnstown Flood. Our goal is to stabilize it, patch a hole and improve it's appearance by a little cleaning, in-painting and application of varnish. It is not feasible to do a complete restoration. The painting has multiple issues, not least of which is extensive overpainting with inferior paint. This painting is valuable mainly for it's history which I may go into on a later post. Eventually it will be installed in the ethnic center at St. Casimir, Cambria City, PA.

12/18/2018

Merry Christmas. I think I will get back to this page with updates, etc. in the new year. Thanks for those of you who have previewed the page.

10/31/2018

Boo

The Brooklyn artists of Maniac Pumpkin Carvers create innovative jack-o-lanterns each Halloween, drawing inspiration from art history and pop culture.

06/10/2017

01/16/2017

I'll be teaching continuing ed courses available through Penn Highlands CC in Johnstown, PA (if enough sign up) The first is 'The Art of Restoration," 2/7 - 2/21. The second is "Documenting and Assessing Your Heirloom," 3/21-4/4. Get details here: https://issuu.com/pennhighlands/docs/booklet_-_continuing_education__web

This edition includes courses from the College's Continuing Education area.