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 […]
Category: Christmas 2021
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 […]
Tired Daddy (Robles)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – Acrylic16X20 Dec 2021 This was a third for a neighbor. The first was a gift (“Brothers”), the second was a commission in 2019 (“The Sniper”), and this one was a Christmas gift of and for his brother and the brand new baby baby in Puerto Rico. I was very pleased […]
Ellis Lake (Ellis)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 14×18 Acrylic Nov 2021 Merry hates having her photo taken, but she tolerated the one just below, which was taken on a 2021 trip to visit our families in Sacramento. It was taken at, believe it or not, a place called “Ellis Lake Park.” Since she was okay with the […]
Kung-Fu Kid (Parnell)
by Godfrey J. Ellis This cute little tyke is 4-year-old Zach, a neighbor’s child, who is assuming his kung-fu stance. I thought his hair in a bun was pretty cute but his blurry in-motion hands were a problem. I don’t think I got his skin color just right, but I tried. You can compare it […]
Take-off (Danielson)
by Godfrey J. Ellis This wedding portrait was of the maternal grandparents of a friend from Church. The young groom was then a first lieutenant pilot in the US Air Force around 1942. At the time, they were not yet assigned the tradition dark blue dress jackets. This young pilot was about to “take off” […]
The Workshop (Ellis)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 16×20 Acrylic Jan 2021 My brother, Barry, tends to just stare at the camera when his picture is being taken. In this photo, though, he has a wonderful smile and his personality is shining through. I had to paint it. It was taken in his much-loved carpentry workshop. I only […]