Internationally recognized, award-winning fine artist, and instructor, Kathryn Rutherford offers her unique artistic talents to create personal, one of a kind, story-telling works of artistry.
Born and raised in Ontario, Canada, the Heirloom Art Studio has shipped paintings, portraits, and restorations to seventeen countries throughout the world, since 1980.
Kathryn is a Certified Retouch Artist in Ontario, Canada, and holds the degrees of Master Artist, Photographic Artist, Photographic Laurel, and Photographic Craftsman from the Professional Photographers of America and the American Photographic Artisans Guild.
In 1999, she was awarded the Masterpiece Award for inventing a photographic process shown to restore blackened tintypes. This award, presented for photographic excellence, is the highest honour given to a professional photographer by the Fujifilm Corporation.
In 2017, she was presented “Lifetime Member” status with the Professional Photographers of America for her, then, thirty-years of dedicated commitment to the service and education of the photographic artisan, restoration, and photography industry.