Dwight Cushman

My paintings are visual elegies calling for the preservation of funerary rituals and traditions. Drawing from my experience as a practicing funeral director embalmer, my art is a melding of my professional and personal work, seeking beauty in the sacred ceremonies of shared grief. In honoring these somber traditions, observers are reminded of cultural heritage and encouraged to reflect on their own mortality, finding inspiration for living with more depth and purpose.

BS - Art Center College of Design

2026 - Red Lodge Area Chamber of Commerce - Commemorative Art Winner "The Ascension" selected for the official artwork promoting the 36th annual Red Lodge Christmas Stroll 2026

- Carbon County Art Guild - Art in the Beartooth's Silent Auction Exhibition and Sale + The Rocky Mountain Regional Juried Exhibition 2026

- Heights Family Funeral Home Portrait Artist @ Heights Appreciation Days Billings, MT 2026

- AVAC Quick Draw & Art Auction Anipro Event Center, Absarokee, MT 2026 - Group Show Roosevelt Center, Red Lodge, MT 2025

- Carbon County Art Guild - Inspired by Song + Art in the Beartooth's + Quick Draw + Labor Day Art Fair + Member Show + Mystery Artist Show. 2025- Roosevelt Center Red Lodge, MT Group Show 2024

- Carbon County Art Guild Exhibitions: "Inspired by Song" + "Art in the Beartooth's" + Member Show + Community Show 2023

- "Birds of the Rocky Mountain Region" , The Brinton Museum - Sheridan, WY 2023

- Wyoming Game and Fish Collectible Conservation Stamp Art Show

- Cheyenne, WY 2023- BAM - Bozeman Art Museum

- Plein Air Quick Draw 2023- Plein Air Fest - National Museum of Wildlife Art Jackson, WY 2022

- SAGE Gallery 12th Annual National Juried Show Sheridan, WY

- Plein Air Fest - National Museum of W...