Professional Education

1980 - 1982: Three year art conservation program at Lombardy regional conservation center, Ente Nazionale A.C.L.I. Istruzione Professionale, in Botticino (Brescia), Italy. Program recognized and supported by the Istituto Centrale del Restauro (ICR) in Rome. This was a painting conservation program. A specialization was obtained in mural conservation (affresco, a secco, oil marouflauge).

1982 Postgraduate internship with conservators Romeo Seccamani and Gianfranco Mingardi in Brescia, Italy. Worked on numerous in lab and on site mural projects

Professional History

1999 Pescadero Trust, Pebble Beach California, USA. 1000 sq. ft murals, oil on fabric with gilding and attachments. Provided project manager services and oversaw the work of four other conservators and two technicians. Work included cleaning, lining, filling, inpainitng, varnish. Work performed under contract with FACL, Inc. directed by Scott M. Haskins of Santa Barbara, CA USA.

1998 Capriolo, Brescia, Italy Affrescoes in the palace/home of Count Luzzago. XVI century

1997 Castle of Blois, France. XIX century murals in oil on plaster

1996 Mura, Corsica, France. Stucco reliefs in the towns main church. XVIII century

1996 Manerba, Brescia, Italy. Affrescoes in the city’s castle. XVI century

1995 Le Puy, France. Affrescoes in the city’s cathedral. XI century

1994 Santa Barbara, CA, USA. Worked on the Spanish Colonial collection of the Mission Inn, Riverside CA. Under contract and the direction of Scott M. Haskins of Fine Art Conservation Laboratories.

1993 Los Angeles, CA USA. Ceiling murals at UCLA done in 1930’s, oil on plaster 3000 sq. ft. Treatments included consolidation, cleaning, fills and reconstruction of missing areas, inpainting and repainting of missing details, varnish. Work performed under the direction of Scott M. Haskins under contract with Fine Art Conservation Laboratories of Santa Barbara, CA, USA

1992 Bedonia, Perugia, Italy. Bishop’s Seminary and Church. Several large oils on canvas, XVII century

1992 Santa Barbara, CA, USA  Fine Art Conservation Laboratories summer workshop on XIX and XX century art on canvas

1990 – 1991 Milano, Italy. Church of St. Angela of the Minor Friars. Major affresco cycle in the apse of XVII century works by Procaccini, Barabino, Mancalva. Work included supervision of other conservators in cleaning, plaster structural repairs, fills, inpainting and surface coatings.

1988 – 1989 Brescia, Italy. The Oratory of Santa Maria in Solaria. Affrescoes of Ferramola XVI century

1986 – 1988 Santa Barbara, CA USA. Two year employment with Fine Art Conservation Laboratories under the direction of Scott M. Haskins. Some projects included paintings by Guy Rose and other California masters, Cezanne, Bruegal the Younger, Patinier, Miro, Botero.

1984 –1986 Mantova, Italy. Palazzo Soardi. Afferescoes from XV – XVII centuries. Work performed under the direction of G. Mingardi

1983 – 1984 International professional exchange at Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA. Two year work period with Scott M. Haskins, Chief Conservator. The work centered on the conservation of 19th and 20th century art including the Historical Panorama of 23 paintings (7’ x 13’ ft ea) by CCA Christiansen, tempera on fine fabric, c. 1880. Also numerous projects were for the Museum of Church History and Art, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.