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 […]
Category: Friends
The Doughboy (Jolley)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 14×18 Acrylic March 2022 This portrait of a WWI grandfather was a surprise gift for the 72-year-old grandson. The grandfather had been a “doughboy” soldier during WWI. When I gave it to the grandson and his wife, it was one of those – GASP !! – receptions that make creating […]
Sibling Stroll (Beagley)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 14×18 Acrylic Feb 2022 Pace (6-years-old) and Brynn (8-years-old) walk hand-in-hand at Percival’s Landing along the waterfront in downtown Olympia, Washington. They spontaneously held hands, which greatly touched the sweet mother. She had been a close friend to our daughter-in-law and has provided great service to Church members and to […]
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 […]
Starry Tie (Prengel)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 14×18 Acrylic Aug 2021 Roger Prengel is not only a spiritual giant, he is a smart and creative man. He has given so much to so many over his 88 years of life. It was my privilege to paint his portrait. I hope that I did it justice. I found […]
The Jolly Sailor (Jolley)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 16×20 Acrylic July 2021 This portrait was commissioned by Allen Jolley, the one for whom I had painted, “The Bay of Bengal” as a gift. Since his father was a sailor named Jolly, I had to call this painting, “The Jolly Sailor” and I must say that he looks quite […]
Bricks (Brunson)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 14×18 Acrylic June 2021 This lovely young couple were married in 2019 and began a life together. We were at their wedding. One day I offered to paint their picture and took the reference photo below. The photos below show the stages of the painting. I didn’t mute my sketch […]
Waving to China (Weiyin)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – Acrylic 20×24 May 2021 This lovely man and his 12-year-old son, Liu are wode peng you (my friends – see the characters on the lower right). The father was my Chinese teacher at Pierce College in 2004. The College brought him over from China (his wife had to stay behind […]
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 […]
Golden Sunshine (Blume)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – Oct 2020 Acrylic 16×20 This lovely young 20-year-old girl is the daughter of Jeff, the friend for whom I painted another portrait of his wife. That one was called “Graduation Memories” and is on this website. He liked the portrait of his wife enough to commission this new portrait of […]