by Godfrey J. Ellis – 14×18 Acrylic 2020 This one is painting of Doña Garcia, Don Garcia’s wife. He was the one for whom I painted a portrait to support him (see “The Bandanna”) and who had commissioned me to paint another of him as a 17-year old boy (see “Muy Guyapo”). He then commissioned […]
Category: Christmas 2020
Santa’s Sleigh (Vern)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 16×20 Acrylic 2020 The garbage collector came by on Christmas Eve wearing a Santa hat and riding in a most curious sleigh. I took a photo of him. No, I’m not desperate for people to paint…. exactly…. but it was cute and I knew it would mean a lot to […]
Shared Joy (Ellis)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 16×20 Acrylic Dec 2020 This is our oldest living son and his dear wife, one of our precious daughters-in-law. They are a delightful couple and we are so blessed to have the most wonderful relationship with both of them. The reference photo was amazing (see below) and I knew I […]
By Small and Simple Things (Ellis)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 11×14 Acrylic Dec 2020 This is Merry’s favorite scripture, taken from Alma 37:6. This was a small 11×14 for an “extra” stocking stuffer for Christmas – but it didn’t quite fit in the stocking! One thing we liked about it was that it could be tucked into a corner because […]
Sunset Glow (Schnell)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 16×20 Acrylic 2020 This commissioned painting was of a friend and his wife. It is a composite of two photographs. I liked Ken and the background from the top one and Sharon with her arm around Ken from the bottom one. You can see that below: Ken was very pleased […]
Sassy (Shoop)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 14×18 Acrylic Dec 2020 This is the granddaughter of a friend of ours. She is the cutest little thing and grandpa is mighty proud of her. I painted this as a surprise gift for him – he didn’t expect it at all. Although all paintings have frustrating elements, this one […]
Bouquet (Ellis)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – Sept 2020 acrylic 16×20 Our 20-year-old granddaughter, Sarah, was married on Aug 22nd. I took two wedding photographs and couldn’t decide which one to paint. So, I asked my artist friends from a FaceBook painting group and they convinced me to paint BOTH of them. So this is one of […]
Longboards (Ellis)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – Sep 2020 acrylic 16×27 Our precious granddaughter, 20-year-old Sarah, was married on Aug 22, 2020. They received many wedding gifts but none was as exciting to them as matching his/her longboards. (We had never even heard of longboards, but they are apparently a modified skateboard.) They were made by one […]
Buckingham Palace (Ellis)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 16×20 Acrylic 2020 As the title tells you, this painting was based on a photo taken in front of Buckingham Palace in London, England. We were there in 2007. I always liked the photo and decided to paint it in as a 2020 Christmas present for that beautiful woman next […]
Goggles (Ellis)
by Godfrey J. Ellis — 12×12 Acrylic Nov 2020 Goggles was painted as a gift for a young woman with three bright redhead children. She is currently going through a divorce and needs a boost. After she said on Facebook that they didn’t have money for a Christmas, I decided to paint one of her […]