Cemetery Conservation Issues

Hello, I am a conservator that specializes (but not limited to) cemeteries. I love what I do and hope you can see the beauty and fun in it. This blog is mostly about my work and my love of all things art.

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This was at the motel next to the restaurant last night in Salt Lake City.

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Putting this marker in Salt Lake City Cemetery on the list as one of my all time favorites.

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Working in Salt Lake City Cemetery this week. This petrified log is amazing!!

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The older I become, the more haunted my life is. I see ghosts constantly. I don’t mean the Dickenesqe specters or ghouls. I mean the lingering memories of all the love ones we have lost; their constant reminders.

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REBLOG IF NAZIS OFFEND YOU MORE THAN NIPPLES.

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In Pensacola working at Ft. Pickens today. The Mine Storage Building is having some mortar issues.

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Lol, I love you Louisiana.

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William Kurelek painting at the American Visionary Art Museum. 

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I finally got to visit the American Visionary Art Museum! Large canvas by James Franklin Snodgrass, so much detail!!

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I finally got to visit the American Visionary Art Museum!

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And his original burial place..

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I finally made the pilgrimage to Edgar Allan Poe’s grave. Westminster Hall is a really amazing cemetery.  

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While in North Carolina I got to visit the amazing Fourth Creek Cemetery in Statesville.

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While in North Carolina I got to visit the amazing Fourth Creek Cemetery in Statesville.

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While in North Carolina I got to visit the amazing Fourth Creek Cemetery in Statesville. Amazing soapstone headstone.

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While in North Carolina I got to visit the amazing Fourth Creek Cemetery in Statesville. 

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Pictures from the Cemetery Preservation Workshop that I just taught in Mooresville, NC. The weather was not the best but we had a great group of participants.