by Godfrey J. Ellis – 16×20 Acrylic Nov 2022 This photo of baby Easton surveilling his kingdom from his throne is captivating. I wanted to paint this one. When I had it up for critique, one of my fellow artists said, “Oh, you shouldn’t have show his diaper…” Nonsense! That was part of the overall […]
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Necklace Pendant (Stricklin)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 14×18 Acrylic Dec 2022 This is a wonderful missionary – kind, sweet, and very competent, a true leader. The challenge with the painting is that the colors didn’t contrast much. The reference photo was taken after the long and hot summer and the grass was anything but green! Here she […]
The Laugh (Miller)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 14×18 Acrylic Dec 2022 I’ve painted many, many smiles but never a laugh – so, that was the challenge with this sweet missionary. A smile and a grimace are kissing cousins and I certainly wanted the former and not the latter. You can look at the progress photos and see […]
Gingham (Skinner)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 14×18 Acrylic Dec 2022 This is another of our lovely sister missionaries. With the various curving shapes of the hair and clothes, I chose to make the background vertical shapes and lines. Here she is holding her portrait. She was very pleased with it. Below are five photos of various […]
The Young Ram (Parnell)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 14×18 Acrylic Nov 2022 This is our next-door neighbor, 10-year-old Darryl. I painted his brother and sister and he was the third child of the family to paint. I thought it would be fun to put him in this oval-shaped oval. This one was fun to do with all the […]
Light thru Glasses (Peacock)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 14×18 Acrylic Oct 2022 Here is the latest missionary. So much life in her – and I tried to capture that. The glasses were fun to do. Here is the reference photo: Below are photos of the painting as it developed:
Tossed Hair (Gajewski)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – Acrylic 16×20 Sep 2022 Another in my series of LDS missionaries serving in our town. I loved the feeling of wind-swept and tossed hair and her pretty smile. I hope I captured that. I was not super-thrilled when she showed up for a photo wearing this dress! but it turned […]
Wannabe German (Bitton)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – Acrylic 14×18 Aug 2022 This sweet young missionary was assigned to Germany and wanted to learn German, esp. since her grandfather was German. Because of covid, she served her mission in our hometown of Lacey, Washington. This painting came together more slowly than many. At her request, I removed her […]
Idaho Trails (Kessler)
by Godfrey J. Ellis — 12×14 Acrylic June 2022 The major problem with this one was the size. It is a small canvas (12×14), which is tiny for a full scene. That means the faces are around 1/2 in size. It is extremely difficult to get a likeness at that tiny size. This represents four […]
Help with Tim (Cook)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 14×18 Acrylic June 2022 This memorial portrait was painted for a dear friend. It was painted while I had Covid and I believe I received divine help to have the energy to paint it in just 4 days. The reference photo was this rather blurry and small snapshot. The challenge […]