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The Ten Commandments.

Dana Ellyn's 10 Commandments Series (2007) reimagines the Ten Commandments through a modern, satirical lens. Each painting challenges traditional interpretations, exploring themes of morality, hypocrisy, and contemporary society with bold, thought-provoking imagery.

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Take a Number, oil painting by Dana Ellyn. VERIFY visual description. 16x20 inches.

Take a Number

16" x 20" · oil on canvas

1st Commandment: Thou shalt have no other gods before me

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American Idol, oil painting by Dana Ellyn. VERIFY visual description. 16x20 inches.

American Idol

16" x 20" · oil on canvas

2nd Commandment: Do not worship false idols

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Eternity?, oil painting by Dana Ellyn. VERIFY visual description. 16x20 inches.

Eternity?

16" x 20" · oil on canvas

3rd Commandment: Do not take the Lord's name in vain

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Superbowl Sunday Praying for a Hail Mary, oil painting by Dana Ellyn. A wide-eyed man in a red football jersey prays at a TV, with a garden gnome, haloed Virgin Mary statue, and Buddha figurine on a table behind him. 16x20 inches.

Superbowl Sunday Praying for a Hail Mary

16" x 20" · oil on canvas

4th Commandment: Remember the sabbath, keep it holy

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Shhh....Mommy's Sleeping, oil painting by Dana Ellyn. VERIFY visual description. 16x20 inches.

Shhh....Mommy's Sleeping

16" x 20" · oil on canvas

5th Commandment: Honor thy mother and father

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Irreconcilable Differences, oil painting by Dana Ellyn. VERIFY visual description. 16x20 inches.

Irreconcilable Differences

16" x 20" · oil on canvas

6th Commandment: Thou shall not commit murder

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Abstinence is only 99% effective, oil painting by Dana Ellyn. VERIFY visual description. 16x20 inches.

Abstinence is only 99% effective

16" x 20" · oil on canvas

7th Commandment: Thou shall not commit adultery

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Pope-nocchio, oil painting by Dana Ellyn. VERIFY visual description. VERIFY dimensions.

Pope-nocchio

10" x 30" · oil on canvas

9th Commandment: Do not bear false witness

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Call Me Uncle, oil painting by Dana Ellyn. VERIFY visual description. 16x20 inches.

Call Me Uncle

16" x 20" · oil on canvas

10th Commandment: Thou shall not covet

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