Hobe Sound - Jim Houser, artist and art educator
November 12, 1928—July 31, 2021
Jim Houser, 92, of Hobe Sound, died unexpectedly on the way to the hospital, not long before the opening of a long-planned retrospective exhibition of his paintings in Stuart.
He was born in Dade City, Florida, and grew up in Jacksonville. He began painting at 14. He studied art primarily at the University of Florida and Florida Southern College. He taught art in Baltimore and in Kentucky, and eventually became head of the art department at Palm Beach Junior College (now Palm Beach State College) in Lake Worth. He retired in 1992 and moved from West Palm Beach to Hobe Sound, where his father had long made his home.
In 1972 he married the love of his life, Connie, who passed away in 2018. Jim is survived by his son, Jackson, and his daughter Katrina; and another daughter, Ann.
His work is in numerous museums and private collections, and he has been a prize winner in a number of art competitions. His work has been displayed overseas as well as in the U.S.
Published by TC Palm from Aug. 2 to Aug. 3, 2021.
November 12, 1928—July 31, 2021
Jim Houser, 92, of Hobe Sound, died unexpectedly on the way to the hospital, not long before the opening of a long-planned retrospective exhibition of his paintings in Stuart.
He was born in Dade City, Florida, and grew up in Jacksonville. He began painting at 14. He studied art primarily at the University of Florida and Florida Southern College. He taught art in Baltimore and in Kentucky, and eventually became head of the art department at Palm Beach Junior College (now Palm Beach State College) in Lake Worth. He retired in 1992 and moved from West Palm Beach to Hobe Sound, where his father had long made his home.
In 1972 he married the love of his life, Connie, who passed away in 2018. Jim is survived by his son, Jackson, and his daughter Katrina; and another daughter, Ann.
His work is in numerous museums and private collections, and he has been a prize winner in a number of art competitions. His work has been displayed overseas as well as in the U.S.
Published by TC Palm from Aug. 2 to Aug. 3, 2021.
Hobe Sound - Jim Houser, artist and art educator
November 12, 1928—July 31, 2021
Jim Houser, 92, of Hobe Sound, died unexpectedly on the way to the hospital, not long before the opening of a long-planned retrospective exhibition of his paintings in Stuart.
He was born in Dade City, Florida, and grew up in Jacksonville. He began painting at 14. He studied art primarily at the University of Florida and Florida Southern College. He taught art in Baltimore and in Kentucky, and eventually became head of the art department at Palm Beach Junior College (now Palm Beach State College) in Lake Worth. He retired in 1992 and moved from West Palm Beach to Hobe Sound, where his father had long made his home.
In 1972 he married the love of his life, Connie, who passed away in 2018. Jim is survived by his son, Jackson, and his daughter Katrina; and another daughter, Ann.
His work is in numerous museums and private collections, and he has been a prize winner in a number of art competitions. His work has been displayed overseas as well as in the U.S.
Published by TC Palm from Aug. 2 to Aug. 3, 2021.
November 12, 1928—July 31, 2021
Jim Houser, 92, of Hobe Sound, died unexpectedly on the way to the hospital, not long before the opening of a long-planned retrospective exhibition of his paintings in Stuart.
He was born in Dade City, Florida, and grew up in Jacksonville. He began painting at 14. He studied art primarily at the University of Florida and Florida Southern College. He taught art in Baltimore and in Kentucky, and eventually became head of the art department at Palm Beach Junior College (now Palm Beach State College) in Lake Worth. He retired in 1992 and moved from West Palm Beach to Hobe Sound, where his father had long made his home.
In 1972 he married the love of his life, Connie, who passed away in 2018. Jim is survived by his son, Jackson, and his daughter Katrina; and another daughter, Ann.
His work is in numerous museums and private collections, and he has been a prize winner in a number of art competitions. His work has been displayed overseas as well as in the U.S.
Published by TC Palm from Aug. 2 to Aug. 3, 2021.
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