Charlie James Gallery is pleased to present Acts of Service, an exhibition of new paintings and works on paper by Los Angeles artist Danie Cansino. The works in this exhibition explore two great forces that have shaped the lives of the figures who populate them: military service and mass incarceration. Cansino’s lavish paintings employ 18th-century Baroque techniques to create lush, dramatically-lit canvases that feel like they have risen out of the dark haze of longlost memory. Drawing from a vast archive of family stories and photographs, Cansino’s portraits of family members in uniform and the loved ones who surrounded them embody the intergenerational layers of pride, love, and loss that characterize this particularly American striving for a better future.