Category: Faith

Saintly Inspiration (Mortinson)

Saintly Inspiration (Mortinson)

by Godfrey J. Ellis – 12×16 acrylic 2020 This is one of my favorite portraits. It is a painting of Mark Mortensen, a very sweet, gentle man suffering with Parkinson’s. There are technical mistakes but I felt like I captured the saintly tone of this sweet man. I wanted to capture not only his likeness […]

Pondering Bishop (Miller)

Pondering Bishop (Miller)

by Godfrey Ellis – Dec 2019 acrylic 11×14 I quietly took several secret photos of Bishop Miller on my iPhone during an early morning bishopric meeting one Sunday.  I pretended to be looking something up on the phone. I loved this one because he looked as if he was contemplating some important issue – he […]

Washington Adoptee (Perry)

Washington Adoptee (Perry)

by Godfrey Ellis – 12×16 Acrylic Oct 2019 A resident of Boise, this young missionary (Sister Perry) loved her stay in Washington, brief though it was. Here she is wrapped in the Washington State flag. I was pleased with how the lettering came out. I significantly changed the background at her request and she loved […]