Art Restoration Client Testimonials

Over the past 28 years, Sarah Murray has worked with clients in museums, public and private organizations, and individual art collectors. Her clients include:

  • Royal Collection of Buckingham Palace, London
  • Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego
  • Arizona State University
  • Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
  • San Diego Historical Society
  • Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
  • State Capitol, Sacramento
  • National Trust of England and Scotland
  • Hearst Castle, California
  • San Diego Museum of Art
  • Private collections and individual collectors
art restoration clients

Sarah Murray has carried out art restoration projects at a variety of museums, including the National Gallery of Scotland.

Client Testimonials

Dave Hampton, curator, collector enthusiast

“Working with Sarah Murray is a real pleasure. She is a highly skilled and dedicated paintings conservator who brings integrity to each and every job, no matter how large or small. San Diego is fortunate to have someone with her background and expertise in its arts community, but we are luckier still that she is such a pleasant and attentive person. It is a priceless combination”.

 

Richard, art collector

“As a testimonial to the work that Sarah has done for me over these many years…I would like to say that it is rare that you get to work with such a competent, experienced professional. I have stopped by Sarah’s studio countless times with many paintings that have needed conservation, everything from cleaning to paint loss to repair of tears, etc. Sometimes a painting is so dark from grime and nicotine that you can’t tell what it looks like. Anyway, these pieces needed uniquely different treatments in order to bring them back, as near as possible, to their original condition. In one instance, I was unable to tell if the artwork was a painting or a lithograph. Sarah did some tests and told me that it was indeed a painting…that over many years has accumulated so much grime and nicotine…it was barely recognizable. There is a good feeling when you have conserved a painting…as it is in part preserving something that is beautiful and makes people happy. I could not recommend more that you talk with Sarah to conserve your artworks”.

 

Randy Lee Svendsen, Private Art Collector

I have had the pleasure of doing business with Ms. Sarah Murray continuously for nearly 10 years.  Because the quality of her work, attention to detail and professionalism are the best I have ever seen, she is the only paintings conservationist I will work with, and as a result, she has painstakingly restored almost 50 paintings by one artist in my collection.  As I continue to acquire more paintings, Sarah will restore each of them to museum presentation quality so that when I want to do a museum showing of my collection, my paintings are ready for immediate hanging in any museum in the world.  Simply stated, Sarah Murray is the Best!