Katherine Tod Johnstone

Katherine Tod Johnstone concentrated on oil painting for ten years beginning in 1951.  In 1961 her interest changed to sculpture, for which she soon discovered she had a natural talent and derived great satisfaction. She first studied with Beonne Boronda of Mystic, CT and later at the Lyme Academy of Fine Arts where she took figure sculpture with Laci de Gerenday and portrait sculpture with Elisabeth Gordon Chandler. Through Elisabeth Chandler's encouragement, she entered the 50th Anniversary Show of the Hudson Valley Art Association in Bedrod, New York, winning the highly prized Anna Hyatt Huntington Award in 1978 for her Dolphins.  Immediately thereafter her work was accepted in the first open show held by the Salmagundi Club in New York City. Other awards include 1st jury award in sculpture for three out of five years in the International Maritime Show.

Mrs. Johnstone exhibited in galleries in Delaware, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine, and Ohio, and is in private collections internationally.  In 1982 she was elected a Fellow of the Rhode Island School of Design. Her principal works are at the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio; the Mystic Seaport Museum, Mystic, Connecticut; and the Royal Hamilton Amateur Dingy Club, Bermuda.