Brooklyn-based abstract artist Dana James has honed a distinct style of abstract painting, combining patches of pastel colors with bare areas that reveal raw canvas. To these she adds intuitive, bold brushstrokes that enliven her compositions. James at times uses multiple canvases, visibly stitching them together à la Frankenstein. The works still retain a beautiful charm from the soft, appealing colors, seen, for example, in Neon in a Past Life (2025). Made with encaustic, collage, acrylic, and pigment, the different mediums add subtle texture and variation to the surface.

Contradictions appear throughout the artist's practice-in the form of contrasting colors and differing paces of her brushwork. This adds tension to her work, making it seem at once slow and fast, soft and hard. As the exhibition title suggests, the paintings contain lunar references, a common motif for James. All nine of the pieces in the show were made during the artist's pregnancy, with the opening likely coinciding with her daughter's birth. This period of time has had a significant impact on James's life and work, as she learned to embrace the unknown future and channel her emotions through bolder, more energetic brushstrokes.