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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jim Goodykoontz, post: 11455553, member: 82566&quot;]what i actually wrote was, &quot;these pics do give a good sense of the way there&#039;s absolutely no separating the varnish(or whatever it is) from the painting. i have to assume this was the intention of the artist.&quot;&nbsp; and based on what i&#039;ve learned here from bosko69 and the information he&#039;s provided regarding tonalist artists and their techniques, i&#039;m pretty sure that&#039;s correct.&nbsp; however, it&#039;s likely that when the artist applied what was possibly a final coat of some varnish in order to give the piece an additional atmospheric effect he was exprimenting with some new mixture of ingredients that just didn&#039;t hold up well over time.&nbsp; when i look at other examples of the work of Hudson Mindell Kitchell, and it sure does look like his work, i can see examples of textures that did work.&nbsp; now, this could be the result of heat, or intense humidity over time, or something else, but that&#039;s actually beside the point.&nbsp; i&#039;m pretty sure this painting can&#039;t be &quot;restored.&quot;&nbsp; it is what it is.&nbsp; if you start trying to remove those blisters, you WILL remove the painting too.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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