Christine Braybrook

Christine is a studio conservator and supervisor to the Hamilton Kerr Institute’s Postgraduate Diploma students and interns. She works on a wide range of paintings from the 15th century through to the modern day, on a variety of supports. She has a particular interest in the structural conservation of canvas supports and at present is involved in the Getty Foundation’s Conserving Canvas Initiative. The initiative focuses on the structural conservation of canvas paintings and the continued training of conservators, ensuring the practical skills needed to care for these paintings do not disappear. She has recently explored and published on the topic of imaging in conservation which emphasises the reliance conservators place on images and the importance of accuracy, consistency and continuity. She has an interest in the influence human visual perception has in conservation, particularly in the interpretation of images, and is currently researching how advances in neuroscience have uncovered the brain’s mechanisms involved in visual perception. Christine has also co-edited editions of the Hamilton Kerr’s Bulletin, showcasing research undertaken at the Institute by staff, students and interns.