Former art teacher shows his work
Jon Pugliese has a lot of time to devote to his art since his retirement in 2018. Of course, the enforced isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic really allowed him to hone his artistic talents.
Pugliese estimated he spent four hours a day painting in acrylics during the worst of the pandemic and created an estimated 60-plus paintings. Those were enough that he was able to have a show at the Butler Art Center.
“I sold 16 paintings in one night,” he said. “Oh my God, I guess I’m a painter. Now I own that.”
It was a long road to his first art show. Pugliese’s road began on a 150-acre dairy farm between Spring Church and South Bend in Armstrong County where he grew up as the second youngest of 10 children.
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