Dana began his painting career as an illustrator and muralist, with large canvases installed in public spaces and residential projects in the US and Middle East. His works have included an iconic ceiling in the Avalon theatre in Washington, DC and non-figurative wall murals for the royal family in Jordan.

He has also designed gardens in Washington, DC and Virginia and created his own garden neat Middleburg, Virginia which has been published and visited by numerous garden and study groups. He is a Director Emeritus of the Board of Directors of the Garden Conservancy in the United States.

 He has drawn on his personal and multi-skilled creative history, bringing freshness and unique sensitivity to the long-held tradition of the depiction of the ancient world.

Recent work of of sacred sites in India have been exhibited at The Garden Museum and Abbott and Holder, both in London.