by Godfrey J. Ellis – 12×16 acrylic 2020 This is one of my favorite portraits. It is a painting of Mark Mortensen, a very sweet, gentle man suffering with Parkinson’s. There are technical mistakes but I felt like I captured the saintly tone of this sweet man. I wanted to capture not only his likeness […]
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My Three Sons (Ellis)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – Nov 2020 acrylic 12×16 We had a photo of me with our three sons. My wonderful wife, Merry, asked me to paint it for her for Christmas 2019. I told her bluntly that this painting could not be done – at least by me. The figures were too spread out, […]
On the Deck (McBride)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – Dec 2019 acrylic 11×14 This portrait was painted as a missionary gift for Sister McBride. She was standing on the back deck of our home on Kapalea Way in Lacey. All of the sister missionaries were sweet and kind but both Merry and I had a soft sport for this […]
Bay of Bengal (Jolley)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 15×30 Acrylic Dec 2019 Our good friends, Allen and Janine Jolley, spent 18 months on a service mission in far-off India. Of the thousands of photos that they took while there, I loved this one the most (once cropped). It is a photo of them standing on the shore of […]
Brothers (Robles)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – Dec 2019 acrylic 12×16 We invited our neighbors, the Robles family, to the Church Christmas party on Dec. 6, 2019. We had fun watching their 17-year-old son, Lewis (“Bobby”), interacting with his brother. The 5-year-old, Danté, spent most of his time on Lewis’s lap or playing games with his brother. […]
Loving Sisters (Schnell)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 12×16 Acrylic Dec 2019 I offered my friend, Ken Schnell, a painting of his two cute daughters, Sophie, 8, and Amelia, 9 years old. I drove over to his house and did a photo shoot. This sweet photo of the two Schnell girls hugging each other in their back yard, […]
The Loving Imp (Delimont)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 8×10 Acrylic Dec 2019 I taught Church Primary class in 2017 and had a little boy named Jarom in the class. He was smart as a whip but, phew! What energy! He would run around the classroom hitting the other little boys and standing on the folding chairs. He didn’t […]
Pondering Bishop (Miller)
by Godfrey Ellis – Dec 2019 acrylic 11×14 I quietly took several secret photos of Bishop Miller on my iPhone during an early morning bishopric meeting one Sunday. I pretended to be looking something up on the phone. I loved this one because he looked as if he was contemplating some important issue – he […]
The New Jacket (Ellis)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 11×14 Acrylic Nov 2019 Our grandson was proud of this new winter jacket. He didn’t want to take it off, even in the house. When Godfrey painted this Christmas gift, he decided to give it a different background, using a photo of their un-mown backyard. Below is the reference photo […]
Inside/Outside (Dunkley)
by Godfrey Ellis – 12×16 Acrylic Nov 2019 This is another of my portrait gifts – this one of Sister Dunkley, one of the missionaries assigned to our area. The reference photo was actually taken inside our house in the office, but she requested an outdoor background. She’s a pretty young lady but she didn’t […]