Michael Twery grew up in Lynchburg,VA, the son of two artists/professors.  He studied at the Rhode Island School of Design and the San Francisco Art Institute, where he received his BFA & MFA degrees in Painting.  Michael has worked as an artist-in-residence and art instructor for over 20 years, exhibited work for over 30 years and currently works out of his studio in downtown Lynchburg.

Michael has exhibited his art in both California and Virginia.  He has shown at the Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery, the Diego Rivera Gallery and St. Mary’s College in the San Francisco Bay area; and at the Maier Museum, Lynchburg College, Roanoke College, the University of Virginia, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and many other local and regional galleries in Virginia.  Michael has created art commissions for the City of Lynchburg, the Craddock-Terry Hotel, Coleman Adams Construction, Hardee’s Corporation, Forest Elementary School, Dunbar Middle School, the Boys & Girls Club of Lynchburg, and several other institutions and private individuals.

Artist Statement
My concerns as a painter cover a variety of interests and processes. As a result, I work on four different bodies of work that each allow me to express myself in very different ways. I find that alternating my method of working helps strengthen my abilities in each  different area.  I have always been fascinated by the shape and quality of light and how it creates environment and mood. I also work with implied meanings of shape and color, context of subject matter , surface quality and sheer painterliness in a painting. I often incorporate glow in the dark paint to add another viewing dimension to my work.