Andrei Kushnir is an American artist/author. He is an Official United States Coast Guard Artist, an elected signature member of the National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society, an elected member of the Salmagundi Club (NYC) and the Washington Society of Landscape Painters. He is a member of the Oil Painters of America, and Blue Ridge Arts Council, Front Royal, VA. The artist's works are in the permanent collections of the U.S. Coast Guard; Virginia Museum of History & Culture, Richmond, VA; University of Maryland, University College; District of Columbia Commission of Arts & Humanities; Museum of Florida's Art and Culture, Avon Park, FL; University Club, Washington, DC, and the Presidents of the United States and Ukraine.