About the Artist
Artist Biography
Michelle Volz is an acrylic landscape artist based in Lehi, Utah. With a childhood spent minutes from the beach and now living at the feet of the Wasatch Mountains, she has a deep love for the outdoors, mountain and ocean alike, but most especially, the quiet shelter of the trees.
A trained musician, Michelle found painting alongside motherhood. Entirely self-taught, she began experimenting with texture to bring the outdoors to life. Lacking traditional tools at first, she improvised with popsicle sticks before discovering her passion for palette knife work. Today, her signature style combines sculptural texture and layered brushwork to create immersive, nature-rooted landscapes.
Michelle’s work has been collected both nationally and internationally, featured in home staging, restaurants and businesses in Utah and the San Francisco Bay Area. She has shown her art in juried festivals and exhibitions across the U.S., including Jackson Hole, San Francisco, Park City, Beaver Creek, Chicago, Bend, and Salt Lake City, earning multiple honors including a first-place award.
In 2022, Michelle was featured in Voyage Utah Magazine as part of their Rising Star series. In 2024, she joined Main Street Gallery in Park City, where she now exhibits work from her innovative “Art with Audio” series - paintings paired with natural soundscapes for a multi-sensory experience. Alongside her studio practice, Michelle hosts paint nights for children and adults, sharing the joy of texture and landscapes with aspiring artists. She continues to explore outdoors, and translate nature’s quiet power into expressive works of art.
Artist Statement
I paint where I long to be - outdoors. Whether drawn from real places or imagined ones, my work is always rooted in nature - the place where I feel most grounded and alive.
Through a blend of soft brushwork and sculptural palette knife texture, I create immersive, multi-dimensional landscapes that extend an invitation to breathe in the mist, run your hand along the bark or linger near a bloom. Each piece is a moment of reconnection - with the repose and quiet power of nature - even while indoors.
Commissions
Let's paint something just for you! Send me an email and we'll plan something just the right theme, size, color, and budget for you!
Contact
Email: michelle.volz.art@gmail.com
Phone: 801-864-3335
Instagram: @volzart