“ Art is life and life is art...
expressing that is where it gets interesting ”
Dacota Maphis is 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, mixed media 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, no AI, 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.
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.
Photo Revised Art — Limited Editions
Complementary Celebration is a wonderful happy piece that I produced digitally by a process I created called Photo Revised Art. This is an intricate piece that took my four weeks to make. This is a limited edition that can be in different sizes by request and printed in aluminum, archival canvas, paper and ink. This images shown in a 30×40×1 size on aluminum. Sizes and prices can be quoted through contact/email.
Abstract Fun 2 is a painting I produced digitally by a process I created called Photo Revised Art. This is a very happy abstract with an array of colors and calming movement to be enjoyed in a home or business. This is a limited edition that can be in different sizes by request and printed in aluminum, archival canvas, paper and ink. This image is shown in a 30×60×1 size on aluminum.
This painting I produced digitally by a process I created: Photo Revised Art. This is a limited edition that can be in different sizes by request and printed in aluminum, archival canvas or paper with archival ink. This image is shown in a 30×60×1 aluminum.
One of my favorite photographies, shot in DC.
