"Are You There God?  It's Me, Dana."
10"x30"
acrylic on canvas

A large number of Judy Blume's books have been banned including "Are You There God?  It's Me, Margaret", "Blubber", and "Forever" to name a few.  It's a coming of age book that deals with a girl getting her first period, her first bra and trying to figure out her relationship with religion and god.

Dana Ellyn's painting, "Are You There God?  It's Me, Dana", is a self portrait.  As a young girl, Dana would sometime look up and question whether or not there was a god 'up there'.