Saltmarsh Paintings Conservation works with private clients, collections and museums throughout the UK providing museum standard conservation practice and expertise.

The studio treats easel paintings from all periods and on a variety of supports including canvas, wood and metal. Complex treatments are usually carried out in the studio but work can also be undertaken in situ.

Every treatment is individually tailored to the painting in question using stable materials and methods which are reversible where possible. Minimal intervention is always the aim of treatment. Conservation aims to stabilise and consolidate the original materials of the artwork, respecting the natural age and degradation of historic materials. Restoration aims to present the art work as the artist would have originally intended, repairing and integrating areas of loss or wear without disguising the history and age of the work.

The studio was established in Cambridge in 2008 by Polly Saltmarsh. Polly trained in Easel Painting Conservation at the Courtauld Institute of Art and gained professional accreditation from the Institute of Conservation in 2013.