"31 Days in July" (2011) 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 15, 2011: Goose that Laid the Golden Egg In reference to Aesop's Fable, "The Goose with the Golden Egg", as it relates to capitolist greed and the current debt crisis debates. Aesop's Fable: ONE day a countryman going to the nest of his Goose found there an egg all yellow and glittering. When he took it up it was as heavy as lead and he was going to throw it away, because he thought a trick had been played upon him. But he took it home on second thoughts, and soon found to his delight that it was an egg of pure gold. Every morning the same thing occurred, and he soon became rich by selling his eggs. As he grew rich he grew greedy; and thinking to get at once all the gold the Goose could give, he killed it and opened it only to find - nothing. "GREED OFT O'ERREACHES ITSELF." Goose that Laid the Golden Egg 30"x40" oil on chipboard 7/15/11 CLICK HERE for previous years '31 Days in July' PAINTINGS