Sandy Dusek

This historic altar was dedicated to the St. John Lutheran Church of Bartlett, TX on November 18, 1917. It had been touched up through the years & after 94 years, Sandy & her husband believed God had spoke to their hearts to fully restore the altar. The paint was worn & peeling; the gold leaf was chipping & crazed; some of the corbels had fallen off; the statue of Jesus and the Lord's Supper plaque had extensive chips, cracks and fading of the paint. The gold leaf was too expensive to replace so Sandy repainted all of it with a 'Dutch Metal' paint. The project took approx. 2 months. Here are a few pics of the complete altar restoration...

Texas Artist Sandy Dusek,historic altar restoration at St.John Lutheran Church,Bartlett,Tx,after

Before & After of altar restoration.

Texas Artist Sandy Dusek,historic altar restoration at St.John Lutheran Church,Bartlett,Tx,before of Jesus statue

Texas artist Sandy Dusek,historic altar restoration at St.John Lutheran Church,Bartlett,Tx,after of Jesus statue

Before & After of Jesus statue face.

Texas Artist Sandy Dusek,historic altar restoration at St.John Lutheran Church,Bartlett,Tx,before of broken arm of Jesus statue

Texas Artist Sandy Dusek,historic altar restoration at St.John Lutheran Church,Bartlett,Tx,after of broken arm repair on Jesus statue

Before & After...plaster repair of broken arm on Jesus statue. Notice how dingy the robe was?

Texas artist Sandy Dusek,historic altar restoration at St.John Lutheran Church,Bartlett,Tx,before of finger repair on Jesus statue

Texas Artist Sandy Dusek,historic altar restoration at St.John Lutheran Church,Bartlett,Tx,after repair of broken finger on Jesus statue

Before & After of thumb repair.

Texas Artist Sandy Dusek,restoration of historic altar at St.John Lutheran Church,Bartlett,Tx,after of Jesus statue

Before & After of Jesus statue feet. Notice the chips in the plaster? The platform was marbleized.

Before & After of Jesus statue...Notice the crack directly above his head on the alcove?

Texas Artist Sandy Dusek,historic altar restoration at St.John Lutheran Church,Bartlett,Tx,before of altar

Texas Artist Sandy Dusek,historic altar restoration at St.John Lutheran Church,Bartlett,Tx,after of altar

Before & After of mid-section of altar. Notice chipping paint?

Texas Artist Sandy Dusek,historic altar restoration at St.John Lutheran Church,Bartlett,Tx,before of altar columns

Texas Artist Sandy Dusek,historic altar restoration at St.John Lutheran Church,Bartlett,Tx,after of columns on altar

Before & After left bottom section of altar. Some of the gold leaf had been repainted before & that paint tarnished over the years to a bronze color. The marble columns were polished.

Before & After of center section.

Texas Artist Sandy Dusek,historic altar restoration at St.John Lutheran Church,Bartlett,Tx,before of column

Texas Artist Sandy Dusek,historic altar restoration at St.John Lutheran Church,Bartlett,Tx,after of column

Before & After of one of the ornate columns that held the marble columns.

Texas Artist Sandy Dusek,historic altar restoration at St.John Lutheran Church,Bartlett,TX,in progress pic

Sandy, while altar is being scraped & sanded.

Texas Artist Sandy Dusek,historic altar restoration at St.John Lutheran Church,Bartlett,Tx,in progress altar primed

Scaffolding was used to get to the top of the altar; top pieces were removed for repair; altar primed white.

Texas Artist Sandy Dusek,historic altar restoration at St.John Lutheran Church,Bartlett,TX,before of Lord's Supper plaster

Texas artist Sandy Dusek,historic altar restoration at St.John Lutheran Church,Bartlett,Tx,after of Lord's Supper plaster

Before & After of 'Lord's Supper' plaque. This plaque is in high relief. Sandy chose more contrasting colors to bring out the dimension of the scene.

Texas Artist Sandy Dusek,historic altar restoration at St.John Lutheran Church,Bartlett,Tx,before of plaster

Texas artist Sandy Dusek,historic altar restoration at St.John Lutheran Church,Bartlett,Tx,after of plaster

Before & After portion of 'Lord's Supper' plaque.

Before & After of plaque. Table cloth had many cracks & chips repaired.

Before & After of plaque. Sandy repainted the landscape in the windows to soft clouds in the sky.

Before & After of plaque.

Texas Artist Sandy Dusek,historic altar restoration at St.John Lutheran Church,Bartlett,Tx,before of angels

Texas Artist Sandy Dusek,historic altar restoration at St.John Lutheran Church,Bartlett,Tx,after of angels

Sandy was asked to restore the angels that use to sit on the altar. They were in need of extensive repair. One angel had a wing that needed reattaching and reshaping. Both needed chips filled in all over.

Texas Artist Sandy Dusek,historic altar restoration at St.John Lutheran Church,Bartlett,Tx,Jesus statue repair

Texas Artist Sandy Dusek,historic altar restoration at St.John Lutheran Church,Bartlett,Tx,installing repaired Jesus statue

Danny doing plaster repair on Jesus statue. Some of the guys putting the statue back on the altar.