HUNT — Harold Phenix, one of Texas' most outstanding watercolorists, died on June 23, 2009, at the age of 81, at his home in Hunt. Harold was a native Texan and graduate of the University of Texas, where he earned a degree in architectural engineering. For most of his life, he lived in Houston, where he maintained a dual career as an engineer and artist. Harold was an engineer for Conoco Inc. and was an expert designer of offshore platforms. As an artist, he showed at many galleries, won numerous awards, and his watercolors are in private and public collections throughout the world. He was commissioned to create paintings for Conoco Inc., Sante Fe Energy, Texas A&M University, the University of Texas and, in 1991, Texas A&M University Press commissioned paintings for reproduction in author T.Lindsay Baker's book,"Lighthouses of Texas." His first wife, Rita, who he married in 1950, preceded him in death. She helped raise their three children, and she also managed his art career until her death in 1992. Harold also would lose his beloved son, John, who died in 2006. He found love again when he met his second wife, Joannie. They married 10 years ago and moved to the Texas Hill Country, where every day was an adventure. Harold was much loved by his family, including four adoring grandchildren, and his many friends. Survivors are his wife, Joannie; daughter, Linda and her husband, Joe; daughter, Carol and her husband, Jerry; and their children, Amy, Christin, Sarah and Andrew. Burial in Memorial Oaks Cemetery in Houston Texas. Grimes Funeral Chapels of Kerrville.
HUNT — Harold Phenix, one of Texas' most outstanding watercolorists, died on June 23, 2009, at the age of 81, at his home in Hunt. Harold was a native Texan and graduate of the University of Texas, where he earned a degree in architectural engineering. For most of his life, he lived in Houston, where he maintained a dual career as an engineer and artist. Harold was an engineer for Conoco Inc. and was an expert designer of offshore platforms. As an artist, he showed at many galleries, won numerous awards, and his watercolors are in private and public collections throughout the world. He was commissioned to create paintings for Conoco Inc., Sante Fe Energy, Texas A&M University, the University of Texas and, in 1991, Texas A&M University Press commissioned paintings for reproduction in author T.Lindsay Baker's book,"Lighthouses of Texas." His first wife, Rita, who he married in 1950, preceded him in death. She helped raise their three children, and she also managed his art career until her death in 1992. Harold also would lose his beloved son, John, who died in 2006. He found love again when he met his second wife, Joannie. They married 10 years ago and moved to the Texas Hill Country, where every day was an adventure. Harold was much loved by his family, including four adoring grandchildren, and his many friends. Survivors are his wife, Joannie; daughter, Linda and her husband, Joe; daughter, Carol and her husband, Jerry; and their children, Amy, Christin, Sarah and Andrew. Burial in Memorial Oaks Cemetery in Houston Texas. Grimes Funeral Chapels of Kerrville.
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