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 […]
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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” […]
Cartoons – Read This First
As I wrote in the mini art bio (see “By” on the menu line), when I retired from my work as a professor in a graduate school, a local businessman hired me to ghost-write a 400-page technical book for him. To lighten up the text and to illustrate some of the points, I drew over […]
“Buy” – Commission Rates and Contact Info
After seeing my artwork on this website, you might decide that you would like an individualized painting for yourself or a loved one. Perhaps you would like a portrait of a pet, a favorite landscape, or cartoon work, or even helping you write a book for commercial use or as a memoir for your descendants. […]
“By…” – A Brief Bio of the Artist
Art creativity of all kinds has been an important part of my life as long as I can remember. I was painting and drawing from my earliest years. I wrote my first book at the age of 10. In elementary school, I illustrated my class notebooks with drawings and sketches that my teachers loved. Seeing […]
The Bandanna (Garcia)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 16×20 acrylic 2020 There is a Hispanic restaurant owner near where we live who has a little hole-in-the-wall place called, Don Garcia’s. In his restaurant, he has a huge, framed photo of him much younger in a cowboy hat and with his name, Don Garcia, splashed across the photo. He […]