Photo by Oaklin Mixon 2018
DeMarcus Smith
DeMarcus found his interest in visual art while studying Graphic Design at Mott Community College; he then finished his academic career at the University of Michigan with a Bachelor’s degree in Visual Communication.
His take on an already unique painting technique inspired by a particularly famous Pointillism piece, “A Sunday Afternoon on La Grande Jatte,” by Georges Seurat creates a different engagement for an audience, as the image itself transforms based on the distance from the canvas. The dot technique gives each painting its own rhythm, its own flow.
Smith takes a flat, blank canvas and brings it to life with all the energy and vivacity that inspired the vision behind it. DeMarcus seeks to spread an appreciation of art through his visual storytelling one dot at a time.