by Godfrey J. Ellis – Acrylic 14×18 June 2025 All of these wonderful young men and women that I have been painting – almost 100 of them – have to have a leader. This is their mission president. He is a very happy and positive leader and I tried to capture that. As you can […]
Category: Faith
Savior Praying
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 14×18 Acrylic July 2024 This is a reproduction of a painting by LDS artist, Del Parson. It is done by permission. It was in the 2023 Come, Follow Me manual and we both loved it. I started this for someone else but Merry said, “Oh, no! That one is mine!” […]
Wannabe German (Bitton)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – Acrylic 14×18 Aug 2022 This sweet young missionary was assigned to Germany and wanted to learn German, esp. since her grandfather was German. Because of covid, she served her mission in our hometown of Lacey, Washington. This painting came together more slowly than many. At her request, I removed her […]
Hidden Name (Christison)
by Godfrey J. Ellis — 14×18 Acrylic May 2022 Another of our wonderful young missionaries. She said her mother always got after her for touching her hair, but I thought it was the cutest pose and wanted to paint it. Her hair covered her badge, but I thought that was cute, too, and wanted to […]
The Medallion (Hart)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – Acrylic 14×18 May 2022 This is one of the missionaries assigned to our area. We seem to get nothing but kind, faithful, and sincere ones, and this young man was no exception. He particularly wanted the plum blossoms in our yard and his medallion, which read, “Sons of Mosiah; God […]
Takaroa (Ellis)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 16×20 Acrylic April 2022 This is a painting of my missionary grandson in French Polynesia on a tropical island in the South Pacific. (Rough assignment, I know, but someone has to do it!!! LOL.) He is loving his mission and we are very proud of him. We loved this photo […]
Christ – “The Chosen”
by Godfrey J. Ellis – Acrylic 16×20 April 2022 A friend (Joan) commissioned me to paint Jonathan Roumi, who plays Jesus Christ on “The Chosen.” It was a great challenge,.and I prayed sincerely to have the guidance I needed to represent the Savior of all mankind. Since the reference photo was in landscape mode, not […]
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 […]
The Sports Watch (Denton)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 16×18 Acrylic July 2021 This painting is another in my series of missionaries assigned to our area. Here he is pointing to a scripture that is his guide to providing the service that he does and has great meaning for him. I thought it would be fun to include the […]
Wonky Glasses (Lawrence)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 14×18 Acrylic June 2021 This is another in my series of missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints serving in my home town of Lacey, Washington. This young man was assigned as Spanish-speaking (see the badge) but was temporarily working among the English-speaking because of the restrictions […]