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Abi
Cushman
Painter
(Pastel) - New London, CT
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Abi
Cushman
One Post Hill Place, Suite 2
New London, CT 06320
Phone: (860) 608-3430
Email: abi@abicushman.com
URL: www.abicushman.com
Pet
Portraits & Animal Art
Abi Cushman
is an animal artist residing in the southeastern
Connecticut town of East Lyme. A lifelong
animal-lover, Abi has always featured pets
and wildlife in her art.
Abi studied
art at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts,
Boston, Melbourne University, and Tufts University,
where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree
in Art History and Studio Art.
Her wild animal
paintings are on permanent display at the
Children's Museum of Southeastern Connecticut,
located in her hometown of Niantic.
Her illustrations
have been published in Nucleus (a publication
of the Union of Concerned Scientists), Charlesbridge
Publishing's student workbooks, and greeting
cards by Sharper Images.
For pet portraits,
Abi focuses on the animal's eyes because she
believes they help reveal the pet's personality.
While she enjoys working in a wide variety
of styles and mediums, one common theme in
her pet portraits is the extensive layering
and building of color.
Abi's wildlife
fine art tends to be more symbolic. In her
artist's book, Wilderness Endures, Abi dissected
Western society's perceptions of wolves as
manifested through fairytales such as The
Three Little Pigs and Little Red Riding Hood,
and compared them to scientific research of
wolves and their social behavior.
She revisited
this wolf theme in her series of prints, paintings
and collages, Lone Wolf Series, where she
created a solemn and haunting effect by abstracting
the shape of the wolf's face. |
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