Riga, Latvia · Sept 1–10, 2026

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New paintings, posted live as I create them during the Art for Meat Tax festival.

New paintings.

New additions to Dana Ellyn's body of work that has grown to approximately 4,500 original paintings since 2002. Several of the newest works below were painted for a September 2026 exhibition in Riga, Latvia. New work made during the trip itself will post separately — follow along here.

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New paintings posted live, Sept 1–10

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This Little Piggy Went to the Market, acrylic on cardboard by Dana Ellyn; piglet beside a labeled pork cuts diagram, 11x8.5in

This Little Piggy Went to the Market (2)

11" × 8.5" · acrylic on cardboard

$140

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Sum of Her Parts, acrylic painting by Dana Ellyn, wide-eyed cow filling the frame with a small butcher's cut chart of her body in the corner, 11x8.5

Sum of Her Parts (3)

11" × 8.5" · acrylic on paper

$100

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Sum of Her Parts, acrylic painting by Dana Ellyn, wide-eyed cow filling the frame with a small butcher's cut chart of her body in the corner, 11x8.5

Sum of Her Parts (4)

11" × 8.5" · acrylic on paper

$100

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Just Right, acrylic painting by Dana Ellyn, girl at a table with a live piglet, a live rooster, and a bowl of soup, 15x15 in

Just Right

15" x 15" · acrylic on canvas

Traveling with the artist to Latvia through Sept 10 — inquire for pricing

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Playing Favorites, oil painting by Dana Ellyn, three girls holding a bulldog, a rabbit, and a piglet, 15x15 inches

Playing Favorites

15" x 15" · oil on canvas

Traveling with the artist to Latvia through Sept 10 — inquire for pricing

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Selective Compassion, oil painting by Dana Ellyn, girl carrying a piglet, chicken and fish in shopping bags, 15x30 inches

Selective Compassion

15" x 30" · oil on canvas

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Hare Today, Gone Tomorrow, acrylic on cardboard by Dana Ellyn; rabbit beside a labeled cuts diagram, 11x8.5in

Hare Today Gone Tomorrow

11" × 8.5" · acrylic on cardboard

$140

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Sunday Dinner, acrylic on cardboard by Dana Ellyn; rooster portrait beside a labeled poultry cuts diagram, 12x9in

Sunday Dinner

12" × 9" · acrylic on cardboard

$140

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Prized, acrylic painting by Dana Ellyn, a grinning child gripping a white rooster, 8.5x11 inches

Prized

8.5" × 11" · acrylic on cardboard

$140

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Mine (1), acrylic painting by Dana Ellyn, a wary child clutching a small dog protectively against an orange background, 8.5x11

Mine (1)

8.5" × 11" · acrylic on cardboard

$90

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Mine (2), acrylic painting by Dana Ellyn, a wary child clutching a small pig protectively against an orange background, 8.5x11

Mine (2)

8.5" × 11" · acrylic on cardboard

$90

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Mine (3), acrylic painting by Dana Ellyn, a wary child clutching a fish protectively against an orange background, 8.5x11

Mine (3)

8.5" × 11" · acrylic on cardboard

$90

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Frightened woman in a red dress clutching a stuffed pig while stuffed pigs, cows and chickens fall and scatter around her, oil painting by Dana Ellyn

This Should Be Enough

15" × 23" · oil on mat board

$280

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Soup's On, oil painting by Dana Ellyn, child spooning three soup cans labeled Chicken, Pork, Beef holding a live rooster, piglet and calf, 15x45

Soup's On

15" x 45" · oil on canvas

$500

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Full Gallop, acrylic/oil painting by Dana Ellyn, child riding a hobby horse over a jump, 12x16 inches

Full Gallop

12" x 16" · acrylic/oil on canvas board

$220

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Little Pig (Cūciņa), acrylic painting by Dana Ellyn, piglet standing in a bowl of grey peas with a garnish skewer, 12x18

Little Pig (Cūciņa)

12" x 18" · acrylic on mat board

$180

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Sprats on Rye, acrylic painting by Dana Ellyn, two golden smoked sprats on dark rye bread with a blue cornflower, 12x18

Sprats on Rye

12" x 18" · acrylic on mat board

$180

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Trussed, acrylic painting by Dana Ellyn, white chicken in a roasting pan with one leg tied to kitchen twine, 12x18

Trussed

12" x 18" · acrylic on mat board

$180

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Skewered, acrylic painting by Dana Ellyn, pink piglet with its feet threaded onto vegetable kebab skewers, 11x15

Skewered

11" x 15" · acrylic on watercolor paper

$160

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Child leans tenderly into a young calf in quiet connection against vivid red-orange background, acrylic on mat board.

Making Friends

15" × 22" · acrylic/oil on mat board

$210

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Playing Favorites, Illuminated, acrylic/gold leaf by Dana Ellyn; girls holding a puppy, rabbit, and piglet, 15x11in

Playing Favorites, Illuminated

15" × 11" · acrylic and gold leaf on watercolor paper

$180

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Some Toys are More Equal Than Other Toys, oil painting by Dana Ellyn, crowned child at a doll tea party serving toy animals, 24x18

Some Toys are More Equal Than Other Toys (Tea Party)

18" x 24" · oil on canvas

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Controlled Environment, oil painting by Dana Ellyn, Dr. Fauci pours SCIENCE into a fishbowl with goldfish and a net, 20x20 in

Controlled Environment

20" × 20" · oil on canvas

$450

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Flyover State of Mind (with Giant Hornets)

16" x 27" · acrylic on mat board

$310

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Tug of War, oil painting by Dana Ellyn, painter at easel tethered by rope to anonymous figures pulling against her, 23x31 inches

Tug of War

23" x 31" · oil on watercolor paper

$280

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A woman with dark bobbed hair in a black dress against a hot pink background, one hand raised to her chest.

Femme (#1)

27" x 40" · acrylic on paper

$260

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Origin Story, oil painting by Dana Ellyn, two men at a bar table sketching a crude mammoth on a napkin, 22x26 inches

Origin Story

26" x 22" · oil on watercolor paper

$280

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I Want It Now, oil painting by Dana Ellyn, girl in red dress holds golden ticket, herd of woolly mammoths follows, 18x24 inches

I Want it Now

24" x 18" · oil on watercolor paper

$260

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Sunday, oil on paper by Dana Ellyn. Woman in a blue dress and pink shoes standing at the foot of a staircase. 23 x 31 inches.

Sunday

23" x 31" · oil on watercolor paper

$280

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Best Day Ever, oil painting by Dana Ellyn, a giant grinning child gripping a toy stick horse, 30x40 inches

Best Day Ever

30" x 40" · oil on chipboard

$600

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Sunday Song, acrylic painting by Dana Ellyn — a Sunday School choir child soaked by the storm she sings down over a single lit birthday candle, 12 × 12 in

Sunday Song

12" x 12" · acrylic on album cover

$240

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Viral News, oil painting by Dana Ellyn, terrified woman on chair surrounded by rats and crouching reporters, 30x40 inches

Viral News

30" x 40" · oil on canvas

$700

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Three Way, oil painting by Dana Ellyn, figure fragmented across three mirror panels in pink blue and gold with bold black linework, 16x20 inches

Three Way

20" x 16" · oil on canvas

$290

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Second Nature, oil painting by Dana Ellyn, haloed figure amid flowers bees and butterfly beside linear schematic forms, 30x40 inches

Second Nature

30" x 40" · oil on chipboard

$600

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Expressive oil portrait of a dark-haired woman in blue against a rose and teal background by Dana Ellyn

Otherwise Engaged

14" × 18" · oil on canvas board

$240

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Round and Round, a vibrant abstract acrylic painting with swirling figures in red, blue, pink, and yellow by Dana Ellyn

Round-and-Round

22" × 34" · acrylic on canvas

$500

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Oil painting of a blonde girl clutching a golden carousel pole next to a white horse with bared teeth against a teal background

Worry-Go-Round (1)

15" × 17" · oil on mat board

$260

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Oil painting of a dark-haired child gripping a yellow carousel pole beside a wide-eyed white horse with an open mouth in blue and teal tones

Worry-Go-Round (2)

15" × 17" · oil on mat board

$260

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Small Pierrot figure in ruffled costume and red cape standing in oversized black Florsheim dress shoes on raw chipboard.

The Gift

30" × 40" · oil on chipboard

$580

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Expressive double portrait of a couple — partnership, shared purpose, and looking ahead together.

Where We're Going

20" × 30" · oil on chipboard

$280

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Laughing woman at a restaurant table with multiple cocktails, in a velvet green booth, and an empty place setting across from her

Occidentalist

14" × 18" · oil on canvas

$300

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Woman seated on a rolling studio chair painting at an angled easel from an elevated viewpoint

Everyday. Always.

12" × 24" · oil on canvas

$280

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