FACL has provided art conservation and painting restoration services to Brigham Young University and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS, Mormons) including the following departments: History Department, which includes the Church History Museum, Building Dept., Missionary Exhibits Depts and the Temple Department. We have also provided art consultation and painting conservation services to the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers (DUP or International Pioneer Museum), The University of Utah, Utah State University in Logan and the Springville Art Museum in Springville, UT. We enjoy working with art galleries and do work for Anthony Christensen Fine Art and Antiques and we routinely meet with numerous private art collectors and individuals who may only have one family heirloom portrait.
See in this video about our background:
When we get a call to restore a painting, clean a painting, fix artwork, repair a rip in a canvas painting, analyze a painting we schedule a personal visit to look over/evaluate the artwork at your location, offering a estimate of the work up front at no charge. Then, if the work is to be done, we offer PU/Delivery to your home or office. The work’s schedule, however, needs to coordinate with our other project’s pick up and delivery in the Provo/Salt Lake City Area.
Call around. Call the institutions listed on this page. We are sure you will hear great things about our service, quality work and ease of working with us.
We also do art conservation and painting restoration work in the Las Vegas area, throughout Southern CA, we do a lot of work in the Carmel/Monterey area. We have work shipped to us from clients all over the Western US and we work on murals nationally.youtube
See a quick video tour of our lab:
Please give us a call to discuss your painting(s) or mural project. Call Scott M. Haskins at 805 564 3438. We look forward to getting to know you.
This is a testimonial from the director of the Springville Museum of Art, Dr. Rita Wright
Anthony Christensen Fine Art and Antiques
A testimonial from an amazing art gallery in SLC
Here are a variety of testimonials from all over (geographically) and on lots of different kinds of projects: https://www.fineartconservationlab.com/testimonials/
See other interesting short videos of projects and testimonials on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/user/bestartdoc?feature=mhee
More about our past in Utah: Scott M. Haskins came to Utah in 1978 to set up the art conservation lab for the Permanent Art Collection at Brigham Young University in collaboration with the Historical Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City and provide art conservation services for their historical art collection.
Scott Haskins, who originates from Southern California, moved to Santa Barbara, CA has been in private practice, Fine Art Conservation Laboratories (FACL, Inc.) since 1984 but continues to provide art restoration services throughout the Intermountain West.
Video of London Mural Removal for LDS Church
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_MRCf7uKEE
Give us a call to discuss your needs, and schedule and see if we can meet soon.
805 564 3438 office
805 570 4140 mobile Scott M. Haskins
References and testimonials: https://www.fineartconservationlab.com/testimonials/
and more video testimonials on YouTube Channel”Bestartdoc”:
https://www.youtube.com/user/bestartdoc?feature=mhee
Here is a heartfelt testimonial about trusting us with a family heirloom
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I have a painting by Matt Madsen that is probably not worth a lot so I don’t want to pay a lot for ‘restoration’. Do you have a service that just cleans it up a bit so I can spend more money to reframe? (That will be a fortune also.)
Lisa, thanks for leaving your comment. If you would like to discuss your questions with me directly, please call 805 564 3438
I just finished up a call with Scott about restoring a 50-year-old oil painting that means a lot to me. What a helpful conversation that was! I much appreciate the thoroughness and attention to detail Scott gave my inquiry. I contacted him because of his excellent reputation and the endorsements he has gotten from some pretty heavy-hitters regularly in the market for art conservation and preservation. We are making arrangements for him to work on my painting. But this was an auspicious start!
Thanks for sharing this interesting background info on your painting restoration services.
Regards
I have a Scott McDaniels painting that my grandson was playing and ripped the canvas and tried to cover his mistake. Can this be repaired and approx. What is the estimate to the repair ?
Ralph,
I’m going to be in your area, meeting with clients and new inquiries on the 30th of April and May 1st. Can we meet up to look at and discuss your questions?
Scott
Hi Scott,
We have a pinting from 1877 or thereabouts. The pinting has a matte frame that covers up the artists name. We are afraid of damaging the painting if we take it apart to discover the artist. What would it cost to have your experts find out who the artist is?
I just inherited boxes of stuff from my grandmother that passed (Mom doesn’t have the gene for family history). Thanks for this review and info. TTYS
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Thanks for talking about your art restoration services in Salt Lake City. Very interesting.
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Do you offer restoration on paper works?
Thanks Shalee for reaching out. For everyone else’s benefit, yes we do work on works of art on paper but as I answered back to you, Randy Silverman is a paper conservation professional at the University of Utah and may be valuable to provide some invaluable opinions.
I have a painting with 4 tears in the canvas, looking for an estimate to get it repaired
Hi Troy, give me a call to discuss! 805 570 4140 I’ll be in your area in about 10 days.
TTYS
Scott
I am unsure whether FACL would be interested in reparing/restoring an original 27 X 31-inch oil painting that we bought from a Dutch artist (Martin Rangé) at an art show in Germany in 1985. The painting was accidentally dropped during the move to Syracuse, Utah and many fragments of oil paint were knocked loose from the painting, leaving spots of the blank canvas beneath. Our questions are:
1. Whether FACL would restore the painting to look more like the original, and
2. Whether we would be able to afford the restoration.
We would be happy to bring the painting to Salt Lake City for an answer to those questions. Close-up digital photos of the damaged sections of the painting can also be provided.
Thanks for reaching out Bill. Let’s discuss over the phone. Call me on my mobile 805 570 4140. Anyone else with questions should feel free to use this number also.
Interesting post. Thanks for this info. Very useful.
Thanks for leaving the comment Lyle.
Just after Christmas Robert. Give me a call to discuss, 805 564 3438 All my best.
Great info. I found your blog by searching for rip repair on a painting. So glad to have seen your videos etc and found you! Talk to you soon.
Thanks Athena, looking forward to discussing.
I liked this article. It was helpful.Thanks.
You postings are so educational! I love museums, history etc… and I must spend some more time learning about what you do. It’s so interesting!
Thank you!
Kristy,
Yes, we come through Draper all the time (just last week in fact). Call me to discuss your questions at 805 564 3438 office
TTYS
Scott
We had a couple of paintings handed down from my grandmother that got wet and grew an ugly crop of mold. I was hoping to have Scott restore them but between calling Scott and meeting with him my Dad threw one of them away!! We were so upset! Anyway, meeting with Scott was excellent, answered our questions and set the process into motion with confidence.
I enjoyed meeting Scott to discuss the restoration of a painting I inherited. He is very knowledgable, engaging and he is a good communicator. You’ll enjoying meeting with him.
Good info. This company is, by far, the most professional for art restoration within 10 surrounding states.
It was good to meet with Scott who answered all my questions, picked up the artwork and will deliver it back. It was a wonderful visit and a very professional service.
I agreed to drive down from Ogden to meet with Scott but then he had quite a few appointments in Logan. So, it worked out great cause Scott was the perfect person to discuss my painting restoration problems and his references are impeccable.
So my wife originally found FACL in an internet search but, completely on my own, I had already got his name from calling around. Everywhere we turned we found people have great things to say about Scott and FACL.
My husband and I were nervous about the lack of professional art conservation services in SLC but then we found Scott’s company and all the references said good things so we are more than happy. He comes often to meet with many clients and it was easy to connect, discuss and work out the details.
I called the Church History Museum and they gave me the number for FACL and Scott. I am grateful to get to know Scott and about his company.
I met Scott through my wife call to the DUP. I guess they work with his preserving and restoring artwork. He was very kind to use too and good to work with.
We met with Scott last week to inspect a painting. We were gobsmacked at the amount of knowledge Scott had about our painting, the artist etc. He certainly knows his stuff. We are so relieved to be in the right hands and the many testimonials seem to back us up with reassurance that we have made the right choice to work with Scott’s firm.
Scott and FACL did a great job on the restoration of some paintings for our organization in Logan. A framer here, Prince Gallery, recommended him for which we are grateful.
This website is so educational! I love museums and history and this blog, videos and everything is great behind the scenes info I never knew.