by Godfrey J. Ellis – Acrylic 16×20 April 2022 A friend (Joan) commissioned me to paint Jonathan Roumi, who plays Jesus Christ on “The Chosen.” It was a great challenge,.and I prayed sincerely to have the guidance I needed to represent the Savior of all mankind. Since the reference photo was in landscape mode, not […]
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The Name Tag (Parnell)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – Acrylic 14×18 March 2022 What attracted me to this portrait of the neighbor girl, Azariah, was the mix of bright primary and complementary colors. She was such a cutie. Her parents were thrilled that I wanted to paint another one after having painted her younger brother (see “Kung-Fu Kid” (Parnell)”). […]
Jumping Joy (Ellis)
by Godfrey J. Ellis — Acrylic 14×18 March 2022 For our Christmas present last December, Braden commissioned a painting from me. He said, “You choose any of my photos on FaceBook. Then, you paint it, I pay for it, and you keep it.” There was a highly unusual and creative Christmas present!. I chose this […]
Elder Hoodie (South)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 14×18 Acrylic March 2022 Another in a series of amazing young men serving in our area. He liked the abstract background and thought it matched well with his tie. I took the reference photo in the living room. We talked a lot about a background and all agreed on the […]
Sunshine (Williams)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 14×18 Acrylic Mar 2022 This is another of our lovely sister missionaries. We took advantage of rare winter sunshine and captured some interesting light on her face that was difficult to paint but gave the portrait a lot of character. This is the reference photo. You can see that I […]
The Doughboy (Jolley)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 14×18 Acrylic March 2022 This portrait of a WWI grandfather was a surprise gift for the 72-year-old grandson. The grandfather had been a “doughboy” soldier during WWI. When I gave it to the grandson and his wife, it was one of those – GASP !! – receptions that make creating […]
Bellevue Rose (Matheson)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 14×18 Acrylic Feb 2022 This sweet young woman wanted a portrait of her in front of the Seattle Temple and wanted the painting to show springtime and the flowers. It was a great deal more work to include the temple as well – quite a different painting challenge – I […]
Sibling Stroll (Beagley)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 14×18 Acrylic Feb 2022 Pace (6-years-old) and Brynn (8-years-old) walk hand-in-hand at Percival’s Landing along the waterfront in downtown Olympia, Washington. They spontaneously held hands, which greatly touched the sweet mother. She had been a close friend to our daughter-in-law and has provided great service to Church members and to […]
Fuji Dream (Groethe)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 16×10 Acrylic Jan 2022 Missionary leaders, like this young man, periodically go out with new missionaries to monitor how they are doing in their service. Fun-loving Elder Groethe came to our house on one of those “splits” one day. He had seen some of my other portraits and shyly asked […]
Capital Lake (Shumway)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 14×18 Acrylic Jan 2022 This is another in my series of missionaries who served in our area. This young lady, like the others, was kind and sweet and full of youthful enthusiasm and love of life. Here she is at Capital Lake in downtown Olympia. Below is the reference photo. […]