About Jon Houglum, Western North Carolina Artist

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.

Jon Houglum

"Cane River Bridge"

First Place Prize Winner

Toe River Arts Council

Burnsville, NC

Jon & Carolyn at Fountain City Art Center for Jon's Solo Exhibit "A Perspective on Life".

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 Raisin of their dream home at Hougie Heaven: http://www.hougieheaven.homestead.com