Koolen Fine Arts - Stratford, Ontario

Sarah M.

Had the most wonderful rainy day experience walking aimlessly down the street and came upon this gallery. Robert the owner was such a vibrant, lovely person. I saw a piece I was instantly drawn to, and after giving me some time to view upstairs, pointing me towards some other William Winters work, came to talk me through the history, the members of the Group of Seven he worked with, showed me sketching’s, even pointing out the ones with the original frame work. I haven’t been to a gallery that I felt I knew someone after I left. Highly recommend going to experience someone instantly knowing what moves you.

John A.

We had four paintings cleaned and restored and the frames refreshed. One painting was never framed and we had it framed. These were painted by my father-in-law almost 60 years
ago and were damaged due to many years of poor storage conditions. We wanted to use them in our new home so we searched for someone on the internet and found Koolen Fine Arts and Colleen. She was wonderful. She explained what they would have to do, gave us an estimate and told us how long it would take. Colleen was lovely to talk with and a pleasure to to do business with. The paintings look like new and will be enjoyed for years to come. We have several more paintings that need care and we will be returning to Colleen and Koolen Fine Arts. .

Susanne S.

Recently my husband and I had the pleasure of having Colleen work on a painting of ours. From very graciously welcoming us early for our appointment, to explaining the history and process of cleaning our painting, Colleen was very kind, knowledgable and professional. We will be back and we would highly recommend Koolen Fine Arts.

Christoph K.

Colleen at Koolen Fine Arts has restored two antique family oil paintings for us. Wow! Unbelievable. They look terrific; who knew the man in the boat was wearing a red hat! Colleen is extremely knowledgeable and has such a passion for art. She has got us hooked on antique oils and recently restored a third painting for us that we picked up at an auction. The photo is of one of the paintings during its restoration. Our next antique oil will absolutely be restored by Colleen at Koolen Fine Arts.

Stephen S.

I found Koolen Fine Arts on the internet when looking for an art restoration place in Hamilton. To make a long story short, I got in touch with Robert. We had a great conversation. Made arrangements to take a piece of my uncle's art which had become brittle & badly torn in a wind gust. Alo of my family members didn't think it could be repaired. Colleen assured me she she could restore it. I went to pick it up yesterday, & was totally shocked at the finished work, to say the least!!! Colleen is an expert in her field!!! We couldn't tell where it had been repaired. The frame & painting had been cleaned as well.
I have other paintings of my uncle's that will be going to Colleen for cleanings. Koolen has a new loyal client!!! They're also a great couple to deal with. Great people!!!

Gord R.

A while back one of our paintings -circa 1850- got damaged. We searched the Toronto area and came across Koolen Fine Arts. To say the least we are extremely pleased at our find.
We found the owners Robert and Colleen knowledgeable, professional, pleasant to deal with and reasonably priced. The repair and restoration was completed as scheduled.
We were so pleased with the first painting that we immediately gave them another 1854 painting for them to bring back to life. They did !
Thus after using their services to restore two paintings we can only highly recommend Koolen Fine Arts to service your needs

Thanks Colleen and Robert

Donna S.

We had a damaged family heirloom oil painting that I was sick over and it needed repair . Colleen was so amazing to work with she answered my email without delay and put my mind at ease that it could indeed be repaired. Colleen has Jesus Hands 🙌 , we picked up the piece a few weeks later which was much earlier then I had expected. It was perfect not even I could tell where the painting had been repaired. I would recommend Koolen Fine Arts to anyone. Many thanks Colleen
I give you 10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Josta G.

Twelve years ago, I sought out Robert and Collen of Koolen Fine Arts in order to have restoration work done on my mother's small European art collection. The paintings were not valuable, but were very precious to her as well as our family. Colleen did an excellent job of restoring, valuing , and researching the various artists. She has restored oil paintings, lithographs, etchings, and even reframed the original drawing of 1930s Dutch magazine illustrator's markup, which she found out for us, was very valuable.
I have been collecting as well, and have purchased some pieces from the gallery. However, I have been able to spot some interesting works on my own, and Colleen was right there with the research and advice before I made an offer. I would never let anyone touch any new acquisition which may need repair other than Colleen. I highly recommend that if you want true honest advice on any restoration or research work, you contact the gallery and speak to Colleen.