"Art is life and life is art...
      expressing that is where it gets interesting."
         Dacota Maphis


 Dacota Maphis a full-time, award-winning artist. Born in Greenville, South Carolina
and now creating daily in Clearwater, Florida.
Dacota lives life as if it is art - believing that the true magic happens in expressing that art and sharing it with others.

With over 45 years of experience as a photographer, her creative journey has also included wearable art, oil portrait painting, and 3D display art for concept-to-installation projects. But what she's best known for is her signature style of digital work:
Photo Revised Art, a process she created. 
Each piece begins with one of Dacota's original photographs, which she transforms using Photoshop and her vivid imagination. The result is a completely reimagined, dynamic artwork that blends realism with abstraction, emotion, and movement. This unique process has been her artistic passion for the past sixteen years - what she calls her "day joy."

Dacota's art is deeply personal rooted in exploring life's ups, downs, and in-betweens,
and sharing that journey with others through her striking visual language.