At the beginning of my artistic journey, I saw restoration and creation as 2 distinct fields of work, I drew, I painted, and I also practiced the traditional art of gilding, then about 15 years ago I started thinking about . . .

I follow the main principle of restoration to always, respect the object.

A good restoration should be invisible and marry perfectly with the spirit and history of the piece.

It needs a patient and intense observation of the object in question as well as . . .

Oil Gilding

Water Gilding

Gold leaf, mercurial, fragile and fine, a material on which I have worked with the same passion for over 30 years.

After a degree in Fine Art, option painting, aged 23 I became by chance apprenticed to a master Gilder/Restorer in London. From the onset I loved the contact with this noble material and with its tools and techniques unchanged since the 15 th century. Since then I haven’t stopped learning and . . .