Led by her desire to begin a career as an artist, Susan Jones moved from Virginia to Atlanta, where she received her Associate in Arts degree from the Art Institute of Atlanta. Upon graduation she remained in Georgia and began working and training with a local art conservator, where she learned the art of oil painting conservation. In 1991 Susan and her husband opened Master Framing and Conservation Studio, offering oil painting and period frame restoration to clients, both locally and nationally, for over 30 years.

Susan Hogue graduated from Agnes Scott College in Decatur, GA, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Studio Art and English Literature.  She began her career in the art world as a designer and colorist with O'Karma-Jones Gallery in Atlanta.  In 1998, she left that position to begin her apprenticeship in art conservation with Susan Jones, and the two have been working together ever since.  She serves as Objects Conservator for Master Framing and Conservation Studio.

Elise Hogue has interned with Master Framing and Conservation Studio since December 2022 and is now our studio apprentice.  She is a sculptor, ceramicist, painter and special effects artist with four years of hands on experience as a student of the historic preservation of early 1900s houses.  She is an undergraduate student and plans to obtain her Bachelors in historic preservation.