Fine Art Conservation Laboratories, Inc.

Art Restoration Before and After Gallery: Transformations by FACL, Inc.

Art Conservation Photo Gallery

pictures of a landscape painting before and after art conservation cleaning
image of an architectural landscape painting with a large rip in the middle of it
before and after images of a painting that has undergone treatment for flaking and paint separation
image of an old white man sitting in front of a historic mural with a brush in hand and a palette of art conservation pigment on his lap
picture of a newspaper with an article about the mitigation of hurricane damage on this Texas mural
image of many people in an art gallery looking at historic paintings that have undergone art conservation treatments
image of flaking occurring on an oil painting. The flaking has been caused by water damage
A female art conservator applies saliva to a cotton swab to prepare for cleaning a painting
image of painting-covered walls of the Mission Inn in Riverside, CA
image of a mural before and after graffiti removal
image of an art conservator cleaning off a Kent Twitchell mural
image of an oil painting before and after various art conservation treatments

Video Anecdotes of Past Projects

Cleaning smoke damage from artwork, other framed items and collectibles is a service we routinely take care of.

Paintings are often darkened by discolored varnish too.


This gorgeous tonalist vintage painting (c. 1920) by Granville Redmond re-emerges from the darkness to its former glory! It glowed after we cleaned it and put the conservation grade varnish layers of it.


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Have you ever thought about how art conservation and especially painting restoration of old works of art help us to look back in history? Think about how much info we get about old architecture long lost, old and ancient clothes and fashion? I love the message of the movie, Monuments Men!


Do you love art, history, old movies, travel, vintage collectibles and antiques, old-classical-European architecture? You will LOVE the short behind-the-scenes video about this Italian mural restoration project.

The people that did this had to not know that this painting in good condition was worth at least $75,000! I mean, who treat beautiful art like this? Well… maybe I should answer my own question as I HAVE GOT STORIES and true confessions!


Well, anyway, here is the quick video of the painting’s resurrection and thankful return to it’s former glory…