Godfrey J. Ellis – 16×20 Acrylic Feb 2021 This is my sweet granddaughter, Katie, at the time of her baptism in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter at eight years old. She is a lovely child and her father is understandably proud of her. It was a happy day. As with several of the […]
Category: Faith
Crooked Smile (Bradshaw)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 14×18 Acrylic Jan 2021 Another gift portrait for the wonderful missionaries who pass through our area. Elder Bradshaw was trained to work with Spanish-speaking people (hence, the badge) but, for some reason, was assigned to our area. He was a fine young man, ,and we much enjoyed working with him. […]
Elder Black Eye (Chandler)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 14×18 Acrylic Jan 2021 This is another souvenir portrait painted for missionaries serving in our area. This was a wonderful young man who served faithfully. The red above the eye (on the viewer’s right) is a black eye or abrasion that Elder Chandler got playing basketball with other missionaries. I […]
The Tie (Sexton)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 14×18 Acrylic Jan 2021 I called the painting, “The Tie” because Elder Sexton usually didn’t wear one! My own mission was 50 years ago and the thought of teaching a lesson with a suit, white shirt, and tie was unthinkable. Today, missionaries can wear dockers, blue shirts, and open collars. […]
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 […]
The Lip (Haug)
by Godfrey J. Ellis — 12×16 Acrylic Oct. 2020 This is another in my series of gift portraits for the sister missionaries. Sister Hague was a seasoned missionary and was bold and direct with everyone she taught; yet she was also soft and a sweetheart. Below is the source photo with her young and new […]
Dappled Sunshine (Clonts)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 14×18 Acrylic Sept 2020 This is another in my series of gift portraits for the sister missionaries. Lacey was the first area for Sister Clonts and I photographed her after she had been out for only a few days. My goal in this painting was to try to capture the […]
Demure Missionary (Fenstermaker)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 12×16 acrylic June 2020 This is another in my series of gift portraits for missionaries serving in our area. They are all so enthusiastic and sweet and it seems so little to do for them. I took the reference photo in a little photo shoot that I took of her […]
The Inspired Reader (Smith)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 12×16 acrylic 2020 This lovely young woman, Elizabeth Smith, was one of the missionaries assigned to our area. She was limited in her activities because she and her companion were isolated at home by the coronavirus. Here she draws inspiration from the scriptures. I took the photo on our back […]
Badge Pride (Prusse)
Godfrey J. Ellis – 12×16 Acrylic 2020 This is another in my series of gift portraits for the sister missionaries. Sister Prusse was a sweetheart. Here she is holding out her missionary badge to be sure it made it into the painting. This portrait should be a valued souvenir of her mission experience for years […]