"31 Days in July" (2012) 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 10, 2012: Betrothed Each day, more than 25,000 girls younger than 18 are married across the world. For example, in Niger, 74.5% of girls are married before age 18. The hunger crisis can be incentive for parents to marry off their daughter to get their dowries which may include animals and cash. Betrothed 14"x18" acrylic on canvas CLICK HERE to return to '31 Days in July' PAINTINGS