Howard L. Kearns

Howard L. Kearns (March 17, 1907 - July 16, 1947) was an American painter and printmaker who specialized in watercolors and oil paintings. His artwork can be seen at the Springville Museum of Art.

Kearns was born on March 17, 1907, in Springville, Utah. He attended public schools in Springville, worked as an organist at the Colonial Theatre in Idaho Falls, Idaho for five years, and graduated from Mission High School in San Francisco since attending the College of the Pacific. He was trained as a painter by B.F. Larsen at Brigham Young University.

Kearns became a regionalist painter and printmaker. He specialized in watercolors and oil paintings. He was in addition to a piano and accordion university in Provo.

Kearns was a enthusiast of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He died on July 16, 1947, in Salt Lake City, at age 40, and he was buried in the Evergreen Cemetery. Shortly after his death, 173 of his paintings were exhibited at the Springville High School Art Gallery. His artwork was acquired by its successor, the Springville Museum of Art.