From traditional to contemporary, the art of decorative painting is one that I have studied and practiced for over 35 years.
Dundean Studios was founded by Dean Sickler. Dean has a degree in Art & Art History from the University of Toronto and has worked/studied with a multitude of masters such as Emilio Cianfoni (Chief Conservator-Vizcaya, Miami), Yannick Guegan (Handbook of Painted Decoration-France), Patrick LaHeyne (The Power of Illusion-Belgium), Pierre Lafumat, Joanne Day (Day Studio, San Francisco), Grace Darby (Isabel O’Neil Studio) and many others. Dundean Studios also boasts an accomplished staff of artisans that travel all over the world working on restoration projects for both private and public interests. We have contacts with local artisans in cities and countries across the world to call upon for additional support depending on the nature of each project. Doing most of the work in the United States, however, We prefer to work in the greater New York metro area. Dundean Studios has been involved in contemporary projects as well as projects dating back over 250 years, such as bleached, carved white oak panels originally from Fontainebleau palace to match existing panels. As well as an on-going commission(2013) which involves stabilizing, repairing, and restoring 55 painted-on-plaster panels of faux marble with trompe l’oeil moldings. These were originally painted in 1857 and had been covered in wallpaper for over 100 years. This Fall (2013), we are starting work on 21 rooms of ornamental ceilings in a major Manhattan apartment building.