There are five full-
Philip Robinson Philip has over 50 years’ experience as a restorer. He has lectured
on conservation and holds fellowships of both the IIC (International Institute for
the Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works) and BAPCR (the British Association
of Paintings Conservator-
Michael Robinson Michael is also a Fellow of the IIC and BAPCR. He has lectured at the Courtauld Institute, the former SSCR and the BAPCR, and has written articles for the BAPCR journal. Michael is our modern paintings specialist. He has been with Cooke and Sons since 1981.
Simon Padfield Simon is a Fellow of BAPCR , and has an MA in the Conservation of Paintings. He was founding editor of The Picture Restorer, the journal of the BAPCR, from its inception in 1992 until 2008. Like Philip, Simon has served on the Council of the BAPCR . He joined Cooke and Sons in 1990.
Luke Williams Luke is our newest member of staff, and specializes in the cleaning and restoration of all types of oil paintings.
With such an experienced and comparatively large team, Cooke and Sons is able to
innovate and develop many new techniques for dealing with the broad and ever-
The IIC is the international body for conservators of all disciplines, and exists
to promote the knowledge, methods and working standards needed to protect and preserve
historic and artistic works throughout the world. Fellows are elected from long-