by Godfrey J. Ellis – acrylic 1994 In early 1993, Merry and I pulled out my old missionary journal from 1972 to 1973 and read it. We caught fire and felt inspired to get back to France somehow. We called Joel Fournier, the stake president in Paris, and asked if he knew of a Church […]
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Floating on the Marne-au-Reine
by Godfrey J. Ellis – acrylic 1994 One of the amazing activities that we did with the LeChevallier family was a 4-mile-per-hour cruise along the canals of Alsace-Lorraine in Eastern France. It was magical. This scene was painted on-site at one of the many stops along the canal. We left the painting in France – […]
Herding Horses
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 15×30 acrylic 1990 A National Geographic Magazine in 1990 contained this 1-inch by 4-inch photo. Merry and I fell in love with it, but it was tiny, tiny. How could we have a frameable copy? Enlarging it just blurred and pixelated it. I decided that the only way we could […]
The Wandering Dogwood
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 1992 This painting was a wedding gift for my sister, Wendy and her new husband, David Black. It was a total experiment. The “mat” is part of the painting, not a real mat. That allowed the painting of several leaves to extend beyond the painting into the mat area. It […]
Translucent Wave
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 16×20 Oil 1990 I had not painted for 13 years when I painted this seascape. My life had been consumed with finishing my PhD, helping to raise a family of four boys, and fulfilling numerous Church assignments. I was also establishing my career as a professor at both Oklahoma State […]
Gig Harbor Reflections
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 16×20 Oil 1990 With the success of an oil class I took, I wanted to create more paintings as gifts for family and friends. I asked my father, Maurice Ellis, what he would like. He said that he had always loved Gig Harbor. I painted the scene but quickly saw […]
Idaho Falls Temple
by Godfrey J. Ellis – acrylic 1990 This painting was a gift to Alton and Denies Alexander. They were married in this building, the Idaho Falls Temple. They framed it with glass even though acrylics are not usually framed that way. You can see some glare on this photo of the painting. When Alton died, […]
Alberta Farm
by Godfrey J. Ellis – acrylic 1990 Barry Ellis, my older brother, lived in Alberta, Canada, and loved prairie scenes. As a gift, I painted this picture from a similar painting shown in an art book. (So, the scene was not necessarily a farm in Alberta, per se.) Also, Barry has had a lifelong love […]
The Forgotten Model T Ford
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 1990 This isn’t really a painting at all, more just a whimsical color sketch of an abandoned Model T Ford. It’s really small, just 6 inches or so. It was sketched out in a few minutes as a little bit of fun. I only included it here because people, including […]
Rhodies in the Rain Forest
by Godfrey J. Ellis – acrylic 1990 The cover of a Northwest magazine featured a photograph of these beautiful rhododendrons growing in the rain-forest out in the peninsula. Unfortunately, the cover also contained a large barcode as well as the titles of the articles inside, and so on. These covered much of the picture. Even […]