by Godfrey J. Ellis — 12×12 Acrylic Nov 2020 Goggles was painted as a gift for a young woman with three bright redhead children. She is currently going through a divorce and needs a boost. After she said on Facebook that they didn’t have money for a Christmas, I decided to paint one of her […]
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Bis Später (Kessler)
by Godfrey J. Ellis — 12×12 Acrylic Nov 2020 This young boy is the grandson of one of our good friends. If you look at the dates, you will quickly realize that he died at age 20, not at age 10, as pictured. Still, this is the photo used on the memorial program and the […]
Leaves (Blume)
by Godfrey J. Ellis — Oct 2020 Acrylic 16×20 This is another portrait of Gabi, the daughter of my friend, Jeff. I had painted a portrait of his wife (see “Graduation Memories”) and another of this same daughter (see “Golden Sunshine”). “Golden Sunshine” was meant as a gift for the daughter but he decided that […]
The Lip (Haug)
by Godfrey J. Ellis — 12×16 Acrylic Oct. 2020 This is another in my series of gift portraits for the sister missionaries. Sister Hague was a seasoned missionary and was bold and direct with everyone she taught; yet she was also soft and a sweetheart. Below is the source photo with her young and new […]
Golden Sunshine (Blume)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – Oct 2020 Acrylic 16×20 This lovely young 20-year-old girl is the daughter of Jeff, the friend for whom I painted another portrait of his wife. That one was called “Graduation Memories” and is on this website. He liked the portrait of his wife enough to commission this new portrait of […]
Muy Guapo (Garcia)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – October 2020 Acrylic 16×20 I painted a portrait of a small restaurant owner as a surprise gift to encourage him during the Covid pandemic of 2020 (see “The Bandanna” on this website). The owner liked it so much that on one of our later trips to his restaurant, he pulled […]
Trail Head (Johnston)
by Godfrey J. Ellis — 12×16 Acrylic Oct 2020 In return for significant help with putting in a new back lawn, I painted this man’s wife (see “By the Lake” on this website). He gave it to his wife as a gift. He wasn’t sure she liked it but, a few weeks later, she commissioned […]
Manti (Haslam)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 16×20 Acrylic Oct 2020 Not exactly a commission, this was a work-for-work trade. Merry wanted help from Charlene on a quilt she was making and offered that I would paint a wedding portrait in trade. All Charlene had by way of a reference photo was a blurry and bent Polaroid […]
Dappled Sunshine (Clonts)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 14×18 Acrylic Sept 2020 This is another in my series of gift portraits for the sister missionaries. Lacey was the first area for Sister Clonts and I photographed her after she had been out for only a few days. My goal in this painting was to try to capture the […]
I Take You… (Ellis)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 16×20 Acrylic Sep 2020 Merry was the one who “commissioned” me to paint wedding portraits of three of our sons. AND, she wanted one of our wedding, some 47 years ago, as well. She wanted me to pick out which photo to paint some there was some element of “surprise” […]