When she heard that the star was coming to perform at the Arena in April the first thing she did was to buy her ticket.
She's been a fan ever since she first heard him in the Sixties.
And the second thing she did was to grab her paint and brushes and start work on a series of paintings inspired by his songs.
She likes to hear him as she paints. Over and over again!
"I must drive the neighbours mad but I play the music because I want the rhythm to come to me," she says.
Dorothy Anne, known as Dot, doesn't fit the usual stereotype of an artist. For a start she's a 64-year-old granny.
Then hers are not handy-sized canvases but at five foot tall are nearly as big as she is.
Dorothy Anne is her artistic name. Her surname is Rason. The Diary has difficulty spelling it correctly. "Don't put an 'i' in it or I become a sultana," she quips.
If she has a favourite track it's probably Visions of Johanna. "It started me off painting. I can't stop myself!" she laughs.
She's already painted about a dozen canvases in acrylic although his track When I Paint My Masterpiece is not one of the inspirational songs!"
Dot has been painting all her life and her tutors at the Millennium Gallery art class she attends reckon she ought to put them on show.
But she doesn't know where. Sheffield isn't exactly overstocked with art galleries and she's looking for an exhibition space.She says: "My paintings are a bit like montages. And there's a person who looks like Dylan in each."
While she's a great fan she's not holding out much hope that the man himself will ever see her work. She's e-mailed asking him if he would like to take a look "but I don't expect he'll even see it".
Her paintings have already been exhibited on the internet and she's had a couple of offers from the United States but she's unsure what to charge.
If you can offer Dot exhibition space call her on 0114 245 3043 or take a peek at her paintings on www.flickr.com/photos/dorothyanneart