Robert has conserved and restored outdoor sculptural artworks for Public Art Programs since 1998.

Clients:

  • City of Atlanta Public Art Program
  • Atlanta Public Art Legacy
  • Solomon Projects
  • Scott Palmer Art Collector
  • Historic Oakland Cemetery

Objects conserved at Robert’s Studio:

  • Beverly Buchanan, “Hard Days Work Shack” 1998
  • Alexander Calder, stabile mobile from Pearl Gallery NYC
  • “Grady Bronze Medallion” by Atlanta artist Julian Harris
  • Isa Genzken contemporary  artist work
  • Thornton Dial, “The Bridge” components

Project Management – Conservation and Restoration of Public Art for Municipalities

  • Sol Le Witt wall drawing #587
  • Noguchi Playscapes, 2009 Piedmont Park
  • Kit Yin Snyder, Margaret Mitchell Square
  • Emma Amos, We Will Not Forget
  • David Hammonds, Free Mandela
  • Lonnie Holley, Earth Flower
  • Emerging, Mark Smith
  • Lynn Marshall Linnemeier, Fish Dreams Mural
  • Ayokunle Odeleye, Spirit Family and Community

Conservation Assessments

Robert wrote and published collection assessments for 133 artworks for the City of Atlanta Public Art Program in years 2007 and 2012 as well as transporting the portable public art collection for City of Atlanta 2009.

Collaborating with the experts

Robert has consulted, collaborated, and partnered with the following conservators and art restoration experts over the course of 15 years.

  • Nick Veloz, AIC bronze conservator, Alexandria, VA
  • Patrick Kipper, AIC bronze and patina conservator, Loveland CO
  • Jablonski Berkowitz, AIC architectural conservation, NY, NY
  • Ted Monnich, AIC objects conservator, Columbia, SC
  • Donna Williams Conservation, AIC, LA
  • The Sol LeWitt Foundation, NY
  • Patricia Kerlin, Atlanta Public Art Legacy
  • Vivianna Rodriguez, AIC painting and mural conservator, Miami
  • Susan Ellis Proper, AIA
  • Kate Singleton, AIC object and artifact conservator, ATL
  • Shelley Riesman Payne, AIC object and mosaic conservator, Nashville
  • McKay Lodge Conservation, AIC contemporary art, Oberlin, OH
  • Southern Preservation, architectural and masonry, ATL
  • The Inferno Foundry, patina and foundry experts, ATL
  • Historic Oakland Foundation, historic preservation, ATL
  • City of Atlanta, Office of Cultural Affairs, Public Art Program
  • Noguchi Foundation, NY