"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.