by Godfrey J. Ellis – Sep 2019 acrylic 12×12 This sweet granddaughter was sitting in my shopping cart in Target on one of our trips down to Sacramento. Full of life and fun, she reached over and grabbed a hat off a display and put it on. It was so playful that I snapped a […]
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Striped Shirt (Durrant)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 8×10 Acrylic Oct 2019 This painting of Sister Durrant is the first of a series of paintings of young sister missionaries assigned to work in our area. I’m not pleased with this one. In my defense, there are three items that worked against me. First, the reference photo was a […]
First Performance (Ellis)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 12×16 Acrylic Sep 2019 This, the first public performance by one of my grandsons, 15-year-old Simon, took place at the Olympia Farmer’s Market in July of 2019. We were proud of him not only for his excellent music but also for his courage to perform in public for the first […]
Listen, Don’t Talk!
by Godfrey J. Ellis – Summer 2019
How Many Apples in a Seed?
by Godfrey J. Ellis This article describes my conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It appeared in the book, Stories of Conversion: Why We Joined (Vol 1, 3rd edition – Edited by George Hara and P. Lewis). Some of the stories in this book (1st and 2nd editions) had been previously […]
Tuxedo Plumber
by Godfrey J. Ellis – Late Spring 2019 The paintings of Mont St. Michel in 1994 were the last pictures that I painted as I got caught up with life. Almost 25 years passed. At the very end of 2018, our bishop, Joe Miller, hired me to ghost write a book for him on business […]
Slam Dunk
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 2019 This was the second cartoon that I drew for the book. It is meant to be a pun on the idea of increasing one’s “net” of business contacts.
Miller’s Flour
by Godfrey J. Ellis This cartoon illustrates diversity in business meetings. The book recommended that those wanting to join what is called a “networking group” visit at least six different networking groups before deciding which one to commit to. I wrote that readers needed to make their choice with at least as much proactive care […]
On “Your Honor”
by Godfrey J. Ellis This cartoon was drawn to illustrate the balance between casual informality and stuffy formality in addressing people at business meetings. I pointed out that the popular trend in the US is to try to level the field and make everyone “equal” in every way. That’s okay in many situations, but there […]
Plan B
by Godfrey J. Ellis This cartoon shows very little art ability and is as simple as simple can be. However, it is my and my wife’s favorite illustration for some reason – perhaps it’s simplicity. What does it illustrate? Why, simply to always have a Plan B in your back pocket in case things don’t […]