Art Sloth Magazine Vol 2

Modern Makers

In his decades-spanning practice, Michael Dwyer has focused on making abstract paintings that places colour, front and centre. Drawing inspiration from music, architecture, and modernist influences, Dwyer creates improvisational compositions that feel alive with rhythm and direction. Crisp-edged bars of translucent colour zigzag, float, and collide across his canvases, revealing layers of earlier decisions beneath the surface—each piece a visual record of its own evolution. His work explores the tension between control and improvisation, inviting viewers to follow the visual pathways he builds across the surface. Dwyer earned an MFA from the University of South Carolina and a BFA from Syracuse University. His work has been in numerous juried exhibitions. Most recently Dwyer’s work was included in the exhibition “This is the Future of Non-Objective Art!” presented by Atlantic Gallery.