Howard Park

Howard Park lives in Stonington, CT, where he owns HGPark Fine Art located in the Old Velvet Mill. He attended the Masters of Fine Arts program at Tufts University and studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. He continued his studies in France at L’Ecole d’Art Decoratif de Nice, where he won a national prize in photography. After a stint in the Merchant Marine, Howard returned to Boston to work as a photographer and art director, but his love of the sea eventually led him to Connecticut to manage a boatyard and raise a family. Ultimately, he realized his dream to sail around the world and paint. After restoring COMET, a 1946 Sparkman & Stephens 52’ yawl, Howard completed the circumnavigation in 2001. Settling in Stonington, CT, after his return from the voyage, Howard owned and operated the Four Starr Gallery and Frame Shop located in the Velvet Mill in Stonington, CT. HGPark Fine Art focuses on conservation, restoration and appraisals of fine art including original oil paintings, works on paper, objects, etchings, murals and antique frames.

Howard teaches adult art classes at the Mystic Museum of Art, Lyme Art Association, and Avondale Arts Center, and at the Community Center in Fisher’s Island, New York. He co-teaches plein air oil and watercolor painting with his colleague Lisa Miceli year-round. He is the founder of the Noank 9, a group of painters who meet to paint locally each week. When not out in the field or teaching, Howard spends much of his time painting in his studio at the Velvet Mill. His modern-impressionistic oil paintings and watercolors of landscapes and maritime scenes are a portrayal of the things he loves. He is co-chair of the Brushes with Nature Plein Air painting program at the New England Watercolor Society.

Howard has participated in numerous group and solo exhibitions. He is an Elected Artist at the Mystic Museum of Art in Mystic, CT, and at the Lyme Art Association in Old Lyme, CT. He is a signature member of the American Society of Marine Artists (ASMA) and is an award-winning member of the New England Watercolor Society. His works hang in galleries and private collections throughout the world, including Avondale Arts in Avondale, RI; Arnould Gallery in Marblehead, MA; Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT; Louisa Gould Gallery, Martha’s Vineyard, MA; Mystic Museum of Art, Mystic, CT; Stonington Gallery, Stonington, CT.