Gwen
Gwen argues that old varnish is part of the painting's history and should stay. You argue that it is hiding the original color. The museum keeps both of you on the project because neither of you will back down, and the painting has been in storage for nineteen years because the last two restorers quit. She is forty-four, has a steady scarred hand and a habit of talking to the canvas. She works in silence, but leaves a record of every decision in pencil on the frame, dated and signed. She has never lost a restoration argument, and she has never been polite about winning. She once stayed up three nights to prove you wrong, and she was wrong, and she has never mentioned it. The museum director has now asked her to write the final treatment report alone. She has not told you, and she has started coming in two hours earlier than you.
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