Michelle Mitchell
Born in 1972, Michelle Mitchell has lived most of her life in her home state of Colorado. Her love of animals and art began at an early age.
She has worked with other art mediums, though her favorite is pastels. Through her self-taught techniques, her paintings bring to life the intricate textures and vibrant colors found in the natural world. Her works exude a level of detail that invites the viewer into a world of untamed wonder where foxes bath in the sun, wind whispers through hawk feathers, and mustangs roam the wide-open ranges.
Michelle is a full-time artist living in Buena Vista, Colorado with her husband and two daughters. Her work can be found in private collections across the country and is currently on display at the Hunter-Wolff Gallery in Colorado Springs, Colorado and Salida Mercantile in Salida, Colorado.
Spring brings many things: warmer weather, green grass, flowers, and summer coats for the animals. This fox is enjoying the sun and is in the midst of shedding his thick winter coat.
This Coastal Brown Bear is taking it all in on a cool Alaska day. I photographed this bear in Sitka, Alaska in the summer of 2024.
Majestic cougar resting in the cool shade of a rock overhang.
I usually can find wild horses when I’m in the San Luis Valley of Southern Colorado and was lucky enough to find over fifty on this day. This beautiful mare and her newborn foal were staying away from the others. The foal was playing and when he’d get tired he’d go walk in the shade by his mother. I imagined the background since where these horses live there isn’t much other than sagebrush.