ABOUT THE ART

Dakota is a self-taught traditional oil painter. Her art is unique, vibrant and "dream like" with hidden elements and a twist or two if you look closely. She loves to create unique worlds within her paintings that you can get lost in. She also likes to embody the things that are meaningful to her: fantasy, nature, music, joy, happiness, harmony, animals and reading/learning.

She hopes by creating art like this that she can bring a little more magic into the world and leave it a better place than she found it.

She also makes stained-glass sculptures based on her paintings, writes & illustrates children's books, and makes hand sculpted silver jewelry.

Be sure to check out all her work on social media.

Dakota hides 727 in a lot of her paintings, see if you can find it!

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ABOUT THE ARTIST

Dakota Daetwiler was born and raised in Humboldt County, California. She now resides in Maine with her family, chickens, ducks and a dog. Dakota likes to paint things the way she sees them, creating windows into other worlds through imaginative storytelling. Dakota was diagnosed with Lupus in 2021, and even though her life has changed due to her illness she continues to paint almost every day. Painting "gives her life" and keeps her going.

She appreciates any support whether it's sales, likes, or comments on her social media.

Follow her on social media to see her latest updates, available paintings, process videos and more.

She is planning on being much more active on YouTube with painting tutorials, if you're interested in that please subscribe to her channel.