Michelle Dobbs is a Sedona-based landscape painter influenced by exploration and adventure in the American Southwest. She spends her spare time riding her mountain bike on the trails around Sedona, drawn to the way the light shifts across the red rock and how the colors change throughout the day.
As a former competitive cyclist, riding once meant pushing limits and focusing on speed. Now it’s more about slowing down, noticing the details, and stopping when something catches her eye. Her work captures these moments, whether through gouache studies on the trail or larger paintings back in the studio.
She was raised by two educators—her dad, an art teacher, and her mom, a P.E. teacher—who shaped her love for both creativity and movement. She and her husband Nick now enjoy traveling the world, with each new destination becoming a backdrop of landscapes to explore, experience, and paint.
