Alison is an easel paintings conservator with a studio in Kent. She works at other private studios in the South East of England, and is currently working on a project at Chichester Cathedral for the Hamilton Kerr Institute. Since qualifying with a postgraduate diploma in the Conservation of Easel Paintings from the Hamilton Kerr Institute, University of Cambridge, she has experience with working for private clients and institutions. She undertook internships at the Guildhall Art Gallery London, and Southampton City Art Gallery, and was employed at the National Museums Northern Ireland during the recent refurbishment of the Ulster Museum. She has recently carried out data work concerning conservation and access for the National Trust, and has delivered conservation training sessions for the Museums Association and Maidstone Museum, Kent. Her interests in conservation range from artists’ methods and materials and gilding within works of art, to public engagement with conservation.