by Godfrey J. Ellis – 12×16 Acrylic June 2020 In late Spring, Merry asked that I paint the wedding portraits of our sons as well as our own. Whaaat! That sounded overwhelming, to say the least. Nevertheless, I took on the challenge. The wedding of Steve and April was one of the first wedding portraits […]
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Baking Girl (Ellis)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – July 2020 acrylic 12×12 This 12×12 painting on a canvas panel was a Christmas present for our 13-year-old granddaughter, Jenna. Her current passion is cooking and baking, which she is starting to do very well. Below is the design adapted from the Internet. We changed some colors, especially of her […]
Weber State (Ellis)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – July 2020 acrylic 12×12 Katie Ellis, our 11-year-old granddaughter, loves women’s basketball and her favorite team was the one from Weber State University. Her father took her to any games that came near her home in Natomas, California. I painted this on a 12×12 canvas panel as a Christmas present, […]
Warriors (Ellis)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – July 2020 acrylic 12×12 S. Godfrey, our 17-year-old grandson, was a super-fan of basketball and especially of the Golden State Warriors His favorite player is Seth Curry. I pretend to be a fan of Lebron James, just to tease him. (I am actually not into basketball at all and have […]
Olaf (Ellis)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – July 2020 acrylic 12×12 Our grandson, 15-year-old Simon, was involved in a community theater production of the Disney movie, “Frozen.” His favorite character was Olaf, the Snowman. I painted this as a Christmas present for him for 2020, adding his name. The original is below: Even though he’s very much […]
Tyler-saurus (Ellis)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – June 2020 acrylic 12×12 Tyler Ellis, 10 years old, is into the Mario video world in a big, big way. But he is also still fascinated with dinosaurs. We know because we checked with his mother. She said, “He’d love a painting of a dinosaur, but don’t make it too […]
Batman (Shingzing)
Godfrey J. Ellis – 12×16 Acrylic July 2020 Oliver 7 yrs and Alex 4, the two little boys next door, sit in front of our planter. They have the long hair that came with Covid-19. When I gave this to the family, Dad had given them a haircut. I said, “Do I need to change […]
Demure Missionary (Fenstermaker)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 12×16 acrylic June 2020 This is another in my series of gift portraits for missionaries serving in our area. They are all so enthusiastic and sweet and it seems so little to do for them. I took the reference photo in a little photo shoot that I took of her […]
By the Lake (Johnston)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 12×16 acrylic 2020 This portrait was painted from a small, very dark, and somewhat fuzzy reference photo (see below). It was the one my friend liked, so… that’s the one we used. I wouldn’t want to do that again, because it made it very difficult. The goal in this portrait was […]
Graduation Memories (Blume)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – May 2020 Acrylic 12×16 My friend, Jeff, has helped us a great deal in the replacement of our front lawn and supplying the soil for the replacement of our back lawn. I wanted to do a painting for him – perhaps his wife or a grandchild. Instead, he wanted a […]