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 […]
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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. […]
The Smile (Noun)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 12×16 Acrylic – Jan 2022 This kind, enthusiastic, and competent young man was a little older than most of his peers. He started out his mission in our town. He was originally from Cambodia and we were very happy to paint his portrait to support him. Below is a photo […]
D.C. Temple Snuggle (Shoop)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 16×20 Acrylic Jan 2022 A good friend wanted this one as a Christmas/birthday present for his wife. It was their wedding of 25 years ago. The original reference photo was of him in a strange crouch and with their faces so pixilated as to be unpaintable. Here are the faces […]
Preston Temple (Ellis)
by Godfrey J. Ellis This is a painting of my brother and his wife in front of the Preston Temple during their mission in 2019 and 2020. I painted it in April of 2021 but couldn’t get it to them in Canada because the border was closed due to Covid restrictions. I would have mailed […]