His abstract forms and repetitive mark making evoke the tradition of patterned abstraction formed by Thomas’ work of the 1970s. Cushner is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design and received his Master of Fine Arts in painting from the University of Maryland in 1980. His work is included in numerous private and public collections, including the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC, and the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT.