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Education

BA Art History, UCLA

MA Preventive Conservation, Northumbria University

Individual Courses in Studio Art, Physics, and Chemistry, College of the Canyons

*Completed additional coursework in studio art, chemistry, and physics between undergraduate and graduate programs to enhance understanding of art materials and their interaction with environmental agents and conservation treatments.

Professional Memberships

Member of the American Institute for Conservation (AIC)

Member of the Western Association for Art Conservation (WAAC) *searchable by member directory

Individual Member & Studio Member, International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (IIC)

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Industry Contributions

Instructor for the Northern States Conservation Center, teaching the following classes to cultural heritage professionals:

  • Museum Cleaning Basics

  • Condition Assessments

  • Care of Paintings 

Students include museum curators, conservators, collections managers, registrars, archivists, educators, and preservation specialists.

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About

Elizabeth has worked in paintings conservation since 2013 and has conducted environmental analysis and implemented climate control measures for museums since 2017. For eight years, she worked at Painting Conservation & Research in Marina del Rey, California. Elizabeth now carries out painting conservation treatments in Paso Robles, Santa Barbara, Monterey, and everywhere in between—both on-site and in her studio. She also examines paintings on-site in Los Angeles County, Ventura County, and Orange County, with full treatment conducted in-studio. Elizabeth now splits her time between her Los Angeles studio and her Paso Robles studio.

Elizabeth contributes to the museum studies and preventive conservation fields as an instructor for the Northern States Conservation Center, where she teaches the courses "Condition Assessments," "Care of Paintings," and "Museum Cleaning Basics" several times each year. She has taught courses for the NSCC since 2019.

In private practice, Elizabeth works with museums, galleries, auction houses, insurance providers, foundations, and private collectors. Most recently, she has worked with California’s historic Missions. Her focus is early 19th-century to contemporary paintings, and she is especially passionate about working on paintings of late 19th- and early 20th-century California artists and heirloom pieces close to the hearts of their owners.

Projects

With a focus on modern, and contemporary paintings, Elizabeth has worked on dozens of pieces by Sam Gilliam, David Hockney, and Robert Colescott. In the eight years she worked at PC&R, she worked with respected LA galleries, auction houses, and other institutions, including but not limited to Hauser & Wirth, David Kordansky Gallery, Blum & Poe, the L.A. Louver, and Honor Fraser. She has also worked with institutions like the Cerritos Library and Pasadena Museum of California Art.

While working at Painting Conservation & Research, she conserved dozens of paintings belonging to the Gardena High School Art Collection alongside Head Conservator Eugena Ordoñez. The collection is historically significant to the art legacy of the Southern and Central Coasts of California. Her contributions are acknowledged in Gifted: Collecting the Art of California at Gardena High School, 1919 — 1956.

She has also treated paintings by the following artists:

*Artists in this list have been selected and do not represent the entirety of Elizabeth’s portfolio. Learn more here.

    • Allison Katz

    • Allison Schulnik

    • Allison van Pelt

    • Amy Bennett

    • Andre Butzer

    • Carroll Dunham

    • Cecily Brown

    • Christina Quarles

    • Cy Twombly*

    • David Hockney*

    • Ed Ruscha*

    • Ed Moses*

    • Elaine Sturtevant*

    • Eric Orr*

    • George Condo

    • Ha Chong-Hyun*

    • Henry Taylor

    • Jack Goldstein*

    • James Collins*

    • Jeff Koons

    • Jonas Wood

    • Judie Bamber

    • Kenny Scharf

    • Kris Kauper

    • Larry Bell*

    • Lee Ufan*

    • Lynda Benglis*

    • Marilyn Minter

    • Mark Bradford

    • Mark Grotjahn

    • Mary Weatherford

    • Noah Purifoy*

    • Raimond Staprans

    • Richard Prince

    • Stephanie Brody-Lederman

    • Takashi Murakami

    • Tala Madani

    • Yayoi Kusama*

    • Yoshitomo Nara

    *Overlaps with other movements (postwar modernism, Pop, Post-Minimalism, Conceptualism, Abstract Expressionism, etc.)

    • Agnes Pelton (Transcendental Painting Group, 1930s–40s)

    • Alice Neel (Expressionism, modernist portraiture)

    • Asger Jorn (CoBrA movement, mid-20th century)

    • Leonora Carrington (Surrealist)

    • Milton Avery (American modernist, active early-mid 20th century)

    • Paul Jenkins (lyrical abstraction, 1950s–70s)

    • Robert Motherwell (Abstract Expressionism, modernism, Dadaism)

    • Stig Lindberg (Scandinavian mid-century modern design/painting)

    • Waldo Pierce (early-mid 20th century American)

    • Charles Bensco

    • Charles L.A. Smith

    • Christian von Schneidau

    • Clyde Eugene Scott

    • Edgar Payne

    • Elanor Ruth Eaton Gump Colburn

    • Elmer Wachtel

    • Einar Petersen

    • Granville Redmond

    • Hugo Ballin

    • Jean Mannheim (early California impressionist/modernist)

    • Joseph Kleitsch

    • Leon Lundmark

    • Leona Wood

    • Maurice Braun

    • Richard Carver Haines

    • Robert Clunie

    • Stanislaus Pociecha Poray

    • William Frederick Foster

    • William Wendt

    • Charles Garabedian (Postwar modernist, most active 1960s–80s)

    • Eric Orr (California Light & Space movement)

    • Hilaire Hiler (Early-mid 20th century modernist)

    • Loren Barton (Mid-century modernist)

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Recent Press

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Let’s discuss your painting or collection.

elizabeth@centralcoastartconservation.com

studio@centralcoastartconservation.com

Text or Call (818) 326 - 3655

Call the Studio (805) 728 - 0650

Paso Robles, California & Los Angeles, California

*I am currently accepting new clients with projects measuring less than 72 x 72” in the studio and any size on-site