Jon Houglum
Western North Carolina Professional Oil Painter and Private Art Teacher
As a native of Northern Minnesota, Jon Houglum served with the U. S. Army in Vietnam. Houglum received a B.S. Degree in Art Education from Moorhead State University Moorhead Minnesota, as well as studying four years privately under Antonias Raemaechers a Dutch Master in Martinsville, Indiana. During those four years of study under Raemaechers, Houglum also took two years of portraits and figures at the John Herron Art Institute in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Houglum established "Houglum Fine Art Studio & Gallery" August 1980 in Safety Harbor, Florida where he taught private art lessons. From 1985 to June 1996 he taught art in the public school system of Pinellas County Florida. Houglum and his wife moved to Franklin, North Carolina in June of 1996 establishing “Houglum Fine Art Studio & Gallery” at Hougie Heaven.
Houglum’s paintings have exhibited at: John Collette Fine Art of Highlands, North Carolina; Chautauqua National Exhibition of American Art; Hoosier Salon, Indianapolis, Indiana; Fountain City Art Center, Knoxville, Tennessee; numerous Exhibits in the Greater Tampa Bay Area, Florida; Macon County Art Association, Franklin, North Carolina, and Highlands Art League, Highlands, North Carolina.
Permanent Exhibits include: U. S. Army Center of Military History in Washington, D.C.; Safety Harbor Museum, Safety Harbor, Florida; and Pinellas County Schools Superintendent Portrait Collection.
Web site designed & hosted by Carolyn Houglum © at Homestead
Jon at Exhibit Creative Framing
Franklin, North Carolina
Jon & Carolyn at Fountain City Art Center for Jon's Solo Exhibit "A Perspective on Life".
Jon at Summer Colors
Highlands, North Carolina
Cedar Creek Raquet Club Art Class Cashiers, NC
Thursday morning and afternoon classes are available Spring 2010.
Jon and his wife are very interesting people. They lived in the little cabin that is now his art studio for seven years while cutting trees, hauling logs, and working at the sawmill to prepare for building their dream house. View the story of the Ole Time House Raising of their dream home at Hougie Heaven: http://www.hougieheaven.homestead.com
"Houglum Fine Art Studio"
Franklin, NC
Demonstration by Jon
HOUGLUM FINE ART
Welcome to the Online Houglum Fine Art Gallery
Original Oil Paintings in the Tradition of the Old Masters
