"31 Days in July" (2010) This page features paintings from Dana Ellyn's "31 Days in July" project. Started in July of 2003, Dana creates one new painting per day in response to the daily news capturing each day of the month in a total of 31 unique paintings. New paintings will be posted to this page as they are completed each day.

Dana Ellyn

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	July 21, 2010: Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend? President Obama signed a new financial reform bill today (July 21, 2010) which includes an obscure passage that requires thousands of US companies to ensure that their products don't contain "conflict minerals" from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Some hope that this will be a step toward the international community curbing trade on other items such as "blood diamonds". This painting depicts a woman from the Congo dressed in the iconic pink dress and gloves that Marilyn Monroe wore while performing the song "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend" in the movie "Gentlemen prefer Blondes". Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend? 12"x12" acrylic on canvas 7/21/10 CLICK HERE for previous years '31 Days in July' PAINTINGS