The Banjo Lesson (Ellis)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – Oils 9×12 1970
This small painting of my brother, Barry Ellis and his daughter Tania, is dated 1970. Since, I was on my mission from 1969 to 1971, it is likely that my mother sent me the reference photo (dated 1969) and that I painted it at the same time that I was working on the Contacting Panels that I was painting with my missionary companion, John Horejs, in Brest in the summer of 1970. Below is the reference photo:
