Michele S. Kay graduated from Tyler School of Art at Temple University. She received her classical European training in the craft of paintings restoration in Florence, Italy where she worked for several years in the studio and workshop of Ennio Regola. After returning to the United States in 1981, Michele continued to develop her technical skills and gentle-handed approach while at New York Conservation Associates, Ltd., The Brooklyn Museum of Art, and at Dianne Dwyer Studio, Inc.
Ms. Kay established her own conservation studio in 1992 and continues to work on traditional easel paintings of different periods and schools. As a freelance conservator she works on various on-site conservation projects. Past collaborations with a team from Rustin Levenson Conservation Associates included the mural and ceiling paintings at the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Customs House in New York, NY, and the Miami Post Office in Miami Beach, Florida.
Michele has been a guest conservator at the New York University Institute of Fine Art Conservation Center.
Ms. Kay established her own conservation studio in 1992 and continues to work on traditional easel paintings of different periods and schools. As a freelance conservator she works on various on-site conservation projects. Past collaborations with a team from Rustin Levenson Conservation Associates included the mural and ceiling paintings at the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Customs House in New York, NY, and the Miami Post Office in Miami Beach, Florida.
Michele has been a guest conservator at the New York University Institute of Fine Art Conservation Center.
Services
Paintings are conserved and restored with an eye toward detail and, especially, the artist's original intent.
Restoration may require cleaning the painting of accumulated soot and grime, removing old discolored varnish, setting down lifted and cracked paint, filling and retouching paint losses, and applying a layer of varnish to achieve a uniform and pleasing surface.
The materials used in restoration, such as retouching mediums, pigments, bonding adhesives and varnishes are chosen for their high quality, working properties and, most importantly, their reversibility.
Restoration may require cleaning the painting of accumulated soot and grime, removing old discolored varnish, setting down lifted and cracked paint, filling and retouching paint losses, and applying a layer of varnish to achieve a uniform and pleasing surface.
The materials used in restoration, such as retouching mediums, pigments, bonding adhesives and varnishes are chosen for their high quality, working properties and, most importantly, their reversibility.
Michele S. Kay opened her studio in Westchester County, New York in 1992 to provide museum-quality paintings restoration and conservation services.
As a practicing professional in this field for over 30 years, her technical background, expertise in both new and old-world restoration techniques and materials, and artistic sensibility, make her highly qualified to treat a wide array of European and American paintings from Old Masters to Modern Art.
Each painting is carefully examined to assess its condition.
As a practicing professional in this field for over 30 years, her technical background, expertise in both new and old-world restoration techniques and materials, and artistic sensibility, make her highly qualified to treat a wide array of European and American paintings from Old Masters to Modern Art.
Each painting is carefully examined to assess its condition.
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