Dwight Hume

Dwight Hume, sculptor, gourmet chef, humorist, philosopher, and a friend to hundreds, passed away peacefully in his home on June 9, 2009, on his 62nd birthday, with friends and family around him. He is survived by his wife, Jane, and their son, Dwight Jr. We reach out to them now with our thoughts, our prayers, and our remembrance of an extraordinary human being and a life well lived.

For the last year and a half, defying all odds, Dwight had lived with a body that was short on some of the organs the rest of us take for granted. He managed this miracle with grace, incredible energy, bravery and his trademark optimism and humor. Until the end, he put in many full days in his art studio at his home. He had re-dedicated himself to expressing his joy for life through his sculpture, his cooking, and his family and friends. His work, like his personality, is a window to his soul through which each of us can glimpse the world through Dwight's eyes and be inspired by the view.

About Dwight

Carpe Diem! Seize the Day! Live for the Now! Dwight Hume is the exemplary reflection of “Being It and Living It” and he shares his inner-most experiences in his sculpture.

Dwight’s passion to create uplifting and spiritually-inspired sculpture is reflected in his work. Moved by his favorite poet, the Sufi mystic Rumi, Dwight’s piece entitled Tears of Separation gracefully expresses the ache and longing for the sacred within us. As Dwight explains, “We feel so separated from our Divine that even rocks cry.” The sculpture of blown glass tears flowing from a dramatic base of moss rocks touches one’s soul. Gazing at the sculpture brings the viewer into a deep contemplation about the nature of one’s true self.

Dwight’s signature piece Bhajan – named after the Hindu word for devotional songs which express love for the Divine – resembles an ethereal musical instrument fashioned by unworldly hands. The limited-edition bronzes, of the original carved from stone, are available for sale.

Sculpting for over 40 years, Dwight’s earlier sculptures were in more perishable mediums. The Oregon native began studying for a career in the culinary arts at the Culinary Arts Institute of Oklahoma State University when he was 17 years old.

After completing his studies, he accepted a position at the exclusive Garden of the Gods Country Club in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He was the only American apprentice in the club’s European-staffed kitchen. A talented German chef and food sculptor took an interest in the young Hume and began teaching him the finer points of food sculpting. Under the watchful eye of his mentor, Dwight perfected his food sculpting techniques. Soon he was creating his own displays by carving in ice, lard, tallow, and other food mediums.

Appreciators of Dwight’s culinary objets d’art encouraged him to create his works in more permanent mediums. Sculpting wood, stone, welded metal, and clay, Dwight works in massive scale as well as in smaller interior images. Sculpting realism to abstract, Dwight has been commissioned to create art for public places and is collected in the corporate and private sectors though out the South and Southwest.