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 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.

In private practice, Elizabeth works with museums, galleries, auction houses, insurance providers, foundations, and private collectors. Her focus is 1850's 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 worked on pieces by: