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Old wedding photo restoration

Restoring old oils, family photos, and watercolors for…

By Kris Grant Hold on a moment! That tattered photo you found in the attic of your great grandparents — complete with creases and a tear down the middle can live again, better than ever. Don’t even think of sending it to the “round file.” Restoration of paintings and photographs has come a very long way over the past two decades, says Jill Hardman, owner of Art & Frames by Wood Gallery in Coronado. Hardman is downright passionate about restoration work, which she calls the “culmination of my 35 years of working with art in all its various mediums.” Alas, she sighs, paintings often are the subject of benign neglect in a home or office. “We clean our carpet, walls and furniture,” Hardman chides, “but we forget our paintings have the same exposure to the elements.”

Holiday 2009 • Coronado Lifestyle 35

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