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2008-2009
The Year of Presidents
The paintings on this page are from Dana Ellyn's series entitled "The Year of Presidents". She created one painting for each of the United States presidents throughout history. She also painted many of the canditates from the President race of '08.
She began the series in January 2008 and set her deadline to have them all completed by Inauguration Day in January 2009.

The Candidates
obama
Won't You Be My Neighbor
22"x28"
acrylic on canvas
SOLD


obama
Winning Smile
16"x20"
acrylic on canvas
SOLD
frank
Gimme an "O"!
18"x24"
acrylic on canvas
SOLD
obama
Winning Smile
(Barack Obama)
18"x18"
acrylic on canvas
SOLD
obama
Mr. Clean
16"x20"
Acrylic on canvas
SOLD
biden
Joe to V.P.
16"x20"
acrylic on canvas
SOLD
clinton
Smear Campaign
(Hillary Clinton)
18"x18"
Acrlylic on Canvas
SOLD
hillary
Oh No, Mr. Bill!
18"x24"
Acrlylic on Canvas
SOLD

mccain
Gunning for the White House
24"x30"
Acrylic on canvas
SOLD
mccain
Greatest American Hero
(John Mccain)
16"x20
acrylic on canvas
SOLD
mccain
(Mc)Cain and (un)Abel
12"x16"
acrylic on canvas
SOLD

inspired by...

palin2
Pulling Rabbits out of Hats
(3rd panel of
"Sarah's Three Ring Media Circus" triptych)

24"x30"
acrylic on canvas
SOLD
congeniality
Miss Congeniality
(with her sheeple)
(2nd panel of
"Sarah's Three Ring Media Circus" triptych)

24"x30"
acrylic on canvas
SOLD
palin
Juggling Act
(1st panel of
"Sarah's Three Ring Media Circus" triptych)

24"x30"
acrylic on canvas
SOLD
piggybank
Lipstick on a Piggy Bank
24"x36"
acrylic on canvas
SOLD

inspired by...

romney
Mitt's Magical Underwear
(Presidential Underoos)
22"x28"
Acrlylic on Canvas
$280

inspired by...

huckabee
Finding Christ through Cookies
(Mike Huckabee)
16"x20"
acrylic on canvas
SOLD

inspired by...
thompson
Drop-Out
(Fred Thompson)
9"x8"
acrylic on bristol
$50

inspired by...
The Presidents
washington
I Can Not Tell a Lie,
But He Did
18"x18"
Oil on canvas
SOLD
George Washington
1789-1797

inspired by...
adams
Kissing Cousins
18"x24"
Acrylic on canvas
SOLD
(John Adams)
1797-1801

inspired by...
jefferson
Holy Hocus-Pocus
11"x14"
acrylic on canvas
SOLD
(Thomas Jefferson)
1801-1809

inspired by...
madison
Little Jemmy and the Party Girl
18"x24"
oil on canvas
SOLD

(James (& Dolly) Madison)
1809-1817

inspired by...



presidents
Era of Good Feelings
16"x20"
Acrylic on canvas
SOLD
(James Monroe)
1817-1825

inspired by...



adams
Presidential Cover-Up
10"x10"
pencil on paper
SOLD

(John Quincy Adams)
1825-1829

inspired by...



whig
Whig Party
18"x24"
acrylic on canvas
SOLD
(Andrew Jackson)
1829-1837

inspired by...



vanburen
Little Magician
16"x20"
Acrylic on canvas
SOLD
(Martin Van Buren)
1837-1841

inspired by...



harrison
The Peaked President
9"x12"
pencil on bristol
$100
(William Henry Harrison)
1841

inspired by...



tyler
His Accidency
pencil on bristol
9"x12"
$100
(John Tyler)
1841-1845

inspired by...
presidents
Life of the Party
11"x14"
acrylic on canvas
SOLD
(James (Sarah) Polk)
1845-1849

inspired by...
presidents
Death is a
Bowl of Cherries
18"x24"
acrylic on canvas
SOLD
(Zachary Taylor)
1849-1850

inspired by...
fillmore
Teacher's Pet
20"x24"
acrylic on canvas
SOLD
(Millard Fillmore)
1850-1853

inspired by...
ass
Horsing Around
18"x24"
acrylic on canvas
SOLD
(Franklin Pierce)
1853-1857

inspired by...
buchanan
Aunt Fancy
18"x24"
Acrylic on canvas
SOLD
(James Buchanan)
1857-1861

inspired by...

lincoln
Honest Abe and Commodore Nutt
acrylic on banner
29"x60"
SOLD
Abraham Lincoln
1861-1865

inspired by...
lute
Tailor Made
11"x14"
oil on canvas
SOLD
(Andrew Johnson)
1865-1869

inspired by...
stogie
General Stogie
9"x12"
acrylic on (unstretched) canvas
SOLD
Ulysses Simpson Grant
1869-1877

inspired by...
lemonade
Lemonade Lucy
24"x36"
oil on canvas
SOLD
Rutherford Birchard Hayes
(Lucy Hayes)

1877-1881

inspired by...

garfield
James Relaxes on the Jersey Shore
11"x14"
acryic on canvas
SOLD

James Abram Garfield
1881

inspired by...

arthur
Ristigouche Salmon Club
12"x16"
Acrylic on canvas
SOLD
Chester Alan Arthur
1881-1885

inspired by...



frank
Frank; In a State of Blue
8"x10"
acrylic on canvas
SOLD
Grover Cleveland
1885-1889

inspired by...



whiskers
Baby McKee & His Whiskers
12"x16"
acrylic on canvas
SOLD
Benjamin Harrison
1889-1893

inspired by...



frank
Frank; In a State of Blue
8"x10"
acrylic on canvas
SOLD
Grover Cleveland
1893-1897


czolgosz
Poster Boy
(Leon Czolgosz)
11"x14"
acrylic on canvas
SOLD
William McKinley
1897-1901

inspired by...

teddy
Teddy, as Bear
20"x20"
acrylic on canvas
SOLD
Theodore Roosevelt
1901-1909




taft
Stuck, with Duck
12"x12"
acrylic on canvas
SOLD
William Howard Taft
1909-1913

inspired by...

wilson
Whitewashing Wilson
8"x0"
acrylic on canvas
SOLD
Woodrow Wilson
1913-1921

inspired by...



pickford
Girl with Curls
(Mary Pickford)
11"x14"
acrylic on canvas
SOLD
Warren Gamaliel Harding
1921-1923

inspired by...

coolidge
Mr. Cool(idge)
8"x10"
acrylic and pen on paper
SOLD
Calvin Coolidge
1923-1929

inspired by...

hoover
Meatless Mondays
14"x18"
acrylic on canvas
SOLD
Herbert Clark Hoover
1929-1933

inspired by...

fdr
Fireside Chat with Fala
24"x36"
Acrylic on canvas
SOLD
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1933-1945

inspired by...

truman
Harry Drops the Little Boy
and the Fat Man
acrylic on canvas
24"x36"
SOLD
Harry S Truman
1945-1953




ike
Ike Forces Sally to
Stand Under God
14"x18"
acrylic on canvas
SOLD
Dwight David Eisenhower
1953-1961

inspired by...



kennedy
Road to Camelot
18"x24"
acrylic on canvas
SOLD
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
1961-1963




daisy
The Daisy Countdown
14"x18"
acrylic on canvas
SOLD
Lyndon Baines Johnson
1963-1969

inspired by...

nixon
Checker's Big Speech
14"x18"
acrylic on canvas
SOLD
Richard Milhous Nixon
1969-1974

inspired by...



bettyford
Betty's Bright Idea
12"x36"
acrylic on canvas
SOLD

Gerald Rudolph Ford
1974-1977

inspired by...

gaza
Rules of Engagement
24"x36"
acrylic on canvas
$400
James Earl Carter, Jr.
1977-1981


reagan
Bedtime for Bonzo
14"x18"
acrylic on canvas
SOLD

Ronald Wilson Reagan
1981-1989




bush
Like Father, Like Son
(Learning to Be a Cowboy)
14"x18"
acrylic on canvas SOLD
George Herbert Walker Bush
1989-1993




lewinsky
Intern Serenade
12"x16"
acrylic on canvas
SOLD

William Jefferson Clinton
1993-2001
bush
Like Father, Like Son
(Learning to Be a Cowboy)
14"x18"
acrylic on canvas
SOLD
George Walker Bush
2001-2009




obama
Winning Smile
16"x20"
acrylic on canvas
SOLD
Barack Obama
2009-??
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