Calendar of Art Shows, Trunk Shows, and Lectures

Park Family Show
​August 1st - October 16th

Howard Park lives in Stonington, CT  with his wife Rieta Park, where he owns HgPark Fine Art located in the old Velvet Mill. He attended the Masters of Fine Arts program at Tufts University and studies at the School of The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, MA and continued his studies in France at L'Ecole d'Art Decoratif de Nice, where he won a National prize in photography. 
Howard has participated in numerous group and solo exhibitions.  He is an Elected Artist at the The Mystic Museum of Art, Mystic, CT and his works hang in galleries and private collections throughout the world. Howard is now concentrating on Conservation, Restoration and Appraisals of Fine Art, including: Original oil paintings, Works on Paper, Objects, Etchings, Murals and Antique Frames. Howard teaches oil and watercolor workshops, in Mystic, Fisher's Island and at Avondale Arts.

Rieta Park- For over 50 years, Rieta’s career as an artist has focused on color and design. While studying Illustration in Boston, she was introduced to gouache, an opaque water based paint, and ever since then she continues to paint with this medium. Most of Rieta’s gouache paintings are done from her own photographs, and although she has painted from life, she finds that spending as much time setting up a still- life and photographing it, or going out in the field to capture that perfect scene, is as exciting as the time spent on the painting itself. Her works can be found in many private collections, have been in exhibitions at the Two Pears Gallery, Santa Fe, NM; the Gene Arnould Gallery, Marblehead, MA; the Courtyard Gallery, Mystic, CT, and Park Gallery in Stonington, CT.
Rieta lives in Stonington, CT, with her husband Howard, where her heritage dates back 10 generations. Rieta is the Assistant Director of the Maritime Gallery at Mystic Seaport Museum.

H. Gray Park, IV started oil painting at a young age and attended the Norwich Free Academy where he majored in Art and his interest in and love for painting grew. In 1994 he received his BFA from the Maryland Institute of Art in Baltimore, Md where he focused on painting nocturnes and cityscapes. During his third year in college Gray spent four months in England at the Winchester School of Art and at a later date he returned to Europe and spent several months plein air painting in Scotland.  Here he was inspired by the the colors and shapes in the fishing villages.
As a Plein Air painter, Gray is known for his large marsh and coastal landscapes. He lives in Ledyard, Connecticut where he has a studio, but the majority of his work is done outside. Gray’s work can be found at Louisa Gould Gallery, Vineyard Haven, MA; Arnold Gallery, Marblehead, MA; and in private collections around the world.​
Since 1989 Gray has participated in multiple group exhibitions and one-man shows, winning several major awards including: Best in Show, 1994 Mystic Arts Center, Mystic, CT;  Award of Excellence, 2005, the Stobart Foundation Award, 2004, 2011 & 2012; and the Museum Purchase Award, 2009 at the Maritime Gallery at Mystic Seaport, Mystic CT.

Sarah Park is a fine art photographer from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. She graduated from Maryland Institute College of Art with a BFA in General Fine Arts & Photography in 1996. In 2002, Sarah moved to Connecticut, where she and her future father-in-law, Howard Park, opened a frame shop & gallery in Stonington CT. She continues her photographic experience and education with workshops and classes, ranging from the Photographers Formulary to Rhode Island School of Design. She exhibits her work in local galleries & local art institutions. Her work is held in private collections Nationally & Internationally. 

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Diana Sartor & 
​J. Susan Cole Stone
September 20th - October 20th
Opening Reception - September 20th, 5 - 7pm

Diana Sartor is a mixed media artist noted for her use of sensuous color. She graduated from Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, cum laude with a BFA in painting. Always finding the need to create, painting became more central in her life with a move to coastal Rhode Island. Along with her husband Richard, their new location fulfilled a dream to live by the ocean. With more time to devote to painting, she settled into a new community and built a studio overlooking one of Rhode Island’s pristine salt ponds. The creative spark was reignited!
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September’s show represents a new medium for Diana - Oil/Cold Wax painting. With surprises around every corner, this medium offers new forms of expression, fueling her curiosity to experiment and express her love of COLOR in new ways!

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J.Susan Cole Stone - Susan attended Paier School of Art in Hamden, Connecticut, majoring in illustration and fine art.  She has also taken various classes at Rhode Island School of Design and has been a working artist since 1975.  Her interest in rendering birds, particularly waterfowl,  was sparked by her first art-related job illustrating a weekly column “Wings ‘N’ Things” for the Waterbury Republican newspaper in Connecticut.  Soon to follow was Birds of Connecticut Salt Marshes, published by the Arboretum at Connecticut College.  Since then she has illustrated many more books and scientific journals, worked as a graphic artist and illustrator and exhibited in galleries including the Maritime Gallery at Mystic Seaport, Noah’s Art at Noah’s Restaurant in Stonington, Connecticut, Hartford Fine Art and Framing in East Hartford, Connecticut and Picture This Gallery in Westport, Connecticut. ​​

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Indo-Chic Clothing
with Suzy Abuza
​September 11 & 12

Jackets, Tunics, Tops, Pants, and Fabulous Long and Short Skirts in Raw Silk, Dupioni, and Taffeta. Wonderful Rags for Day and Evening, Black tie and Resort. Great for Travel and, all very . . . . . . Indo-Chic!

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Fajll Cashmere
​October 12th, 10-5

Lisa Kasabian is the owner and designer of Fjall Cashmere. She has been in business for 25 years. The collection is made in Como, Italy with high quality Italian Yarns. The pieces are chic and timeless!

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