by Godfrey J. Ellis – 14×18 oil 1977 This painting is the site of the baptism of Lili Le Roy in 1970, when I was a missionary in France. In my journal, I wrote: “Thurs, 6 Aug 1970: In the afternoon, we went out to see Point Minou. It was more beautiful than before, if […]
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Pinky, the White Mouse
by Godfrey J. Ellis – oil 1976 When I was 26 years old, Merry and I traveled to BYU to work on a post-doctoral research project studying family interaction. The project director was one of my old professors, Darwin Thomas. As a part of the project, I painting an elaborate game board onto the surface […]
Vancouver Skyline at Night
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 16×20 oil 1974 This painting is English Bay and the Grouse Mountain Chairlift in Vancouver, Canada, from was a Christmas gift for my parents. In 1974, this is how Vancouver looked; today, the lights of the buildings and up on the mountain have grown exponentially. My mother, who was also […]
Bent Tree on a Mountain Trail
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 16×20 oil 1974 This painting was a Christmas gift for Mom and Dad Huntamer. We were a young couple (25 and 23) and still in grad school. We had little money. We thought paintings would be good and relatively inexpensive gifts to give. So I picked up few paint brushes […]
Mountain Waterfall
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 14×18 oil 1974 I never cared for this one. It was a gift for Dad and Millie Ellis back when I was just starting out. The mountain came out okay but I had no clue on how to paint rocks and trees let along waterfalls. It was one of those […]
Display Boards for Street Contacting
by Godfrey J. Ellis – oil 1970 As my story explains (see “By” on this website), I have enjoyed art as long as I can remember. I dabbled with art off and on throughout my youth, although little to none of that work survives today. At 21 years old, I left home for two years […]
The Ordination
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 9×9 Vermiculite sculpture, 1966 or 1967 This is the earliest piece of art that I still have. It was made in high school, likely in 1966. It was made of vermiculite that was poured into a mold and then carved. It was meant to be Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery […]