Painting + Restoration Studio, Wasps Factory,

27/08/2025

Sad news indeed, a great loss to the conservation community, good luck to his daughter.

We are deeply saddened to share the news of the passing of Paul Willard.

Paul was a dedicated leader whose work left a lasting impact on the conservation industry. Under his guidance, Willard Conservation developed innovative tools and equipment that continue to play a vital role in the preservation of cultural heritage around the world.

He took immense pride in the fact that the family-run business served not only local professionals but also leading institutions, museums, and conservators internationally.

He will be greatly missed, but his legacy will live on - both through the tools he helped create and the values he instilled in the company.

27/08/2025

We are deeply saddened to share the news of the passing of Paul Willard.

Paul was a dedicated leader whose work left a lasting impact on the conservation industry. Under his guidance, Willard Conservation developed innovative tools and equipment that continue to play a vital role in the preservation of cultural heritage around the world.

He took immense pride in the fact that the family-run business served not only local professionals but also leading institutions, museums, and conservators internationally.

He will be greatly missed, but his legacy will live on - both through the tools he helped create and the values he instilled in the company.

11/07/2025

Fantastic gift of 16 paintings to Paisley Art Gallery by Kieran Mazumder-Shaw in memory of her beloved husband John Shaw, a true lover of the arts and truly lovely human being whom I and the studio had the pleasure to become acquainted with.

09/04/2025

Exciting new insights

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1214847303342348&id=100044512686237

"If I make it stronger and more solid it may lose its mysterious quality that I feel it has. It’s one of my favourite pictures actually,"

Bacon's exegesis of one of his key paintings, Study for Crouching N**e (1952) is revelatory– so why were his words never published?

In association with , 'Francis Bacon Retrieved: Lost Words/New Writing' presents newly-discovered quotes from the artist's interviews with David Sylvester in their entirety for the first time.
Find out more here: https://www.francis-bacon.com/retrieved.

04/04/2025

Well last week and yesterday were rather busy ..... but ultimately rewarding.

04/10/2024

Just dropped - Bacon Revisions ❤️