by Godfrey J. Ellis This was commissioned by the same couple who wanted the painting of the wife in the straw hat going through the Panama Canal. This one was of the same woman 40 years ago – the baby is now 40 years old. The eyes came out well, which was good because the […]
Category: Children
Manaia (Parnell)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 14×18 Acrylic Feb 2025 This little tyke is my next-door neighbor. I painted the other three children and now this fourth one. I loved all the colors in the photo. Getting the shape of the wheels (an angled oval, not a circle) was tricky. This one was fun to paint. […]
Ella’s Discovery (Ellis)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 14×18 Acrylic Nov 2025 This is my lovely great-granddaughter. She is actually holding a hose (see below) but I wanted to change it to a flower. I usually like more interesting lighting, but I couldn’t pass up the cute pose. If I tried to sit like this, I would end […]
Little Mother (Romanov)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – Acrylic 14×18 March 2024 This was painted for a Ukrainian man and his American wife of the two adorable children. I painted it free as an expression of support. Below is the reference photo. This was more difficult than I expected. One of the challenges was all the varying textures […]
Clara (Shoop)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 14×18 Acrylic Nov 2023 This commissioned painting was from a smart phone snapshot instant message. It presented several challenges to make it into a decent portrait of Baby Clara. Below is a photo of proud grandpa holding the painting of his new grandchild. Below are three photos of the painting […]
Stuffed Animals (Hansen)
by Godfrey J. Ellis — Acrylic 16×20 June 2023 These are two of the children of a young family from Church. I wanted to paint them because …well, they are just so darn cute! I had fun with the stuffed animals, too. Below is the original. As you can see, I chose to have a […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]