Dana is involved in community arts in Raumati and Wellington.
She regularly exhibits with the NZ Academy of Fine Arts and has been an invited guest artist with Watercolour NZ and the KACS Society.
Her work has been exhibited in Germany, France, Italy and London.
In 2008, she won a painting prize in northern Italy, in 2009 the Cityscape Award at the Paraparaumu Rotary Art show and in 2010 the Chroma Scholarship to the Art School at Bathurst University, Australia.