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: Grandchildren
Bouquet (Ellis)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – Sept 2020 acrylic 16×20 Our 20-year-old granddaughter, Sarah, was married on Aug 22nd. I took two wedding photographs and couldn’t decide which one to paint. So, I asked my artist friends from a FaceBook painting group and they convinced me to paint BOTH of them. So this is one of […]
Longboards (Ellis)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – Sep 2020 acrylic 16×27 Our precious granddaughter, 20-year-old Sarah, was married on Aug 22, 2020. They received many wedding gifts but none was as exciting to them as matching his/her longboards. (We had never even heard of longboards, but they are apparently a modified skateboard.) They were made by one […]
Daddy/Daughter Secret (Ellis)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 12×16 Acrylic August 2020 This was such a fun photo of my son, Steve Ellis, and his sweet daughter, Sarah, that I just had to paint it for Daddy Steve’s birthday. Below is the reference photo, which was taken at her brother’s wedding (July 2, 2020) and finished in August. […]
First Kiss (Kiss)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 156×20 Acrylic Aug 2020 This a painting of our first grandchild to be married – Steven and Laura Ellis. Do we feel old? …Yes! The wedding took place during the coronavirus pandemic. We had been essentially alone except for going out for groceries while wearing a mask. At this reception, […]
Baking Girl (Ellis)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – July 2020 acrylic 12×12 This 12×12 painting on a canvas panel was a Christmas present for our 13-year-old granddaughter, Jenna. Her current passion is cooking and baking, which she is starting to do very well. Below is the design adapted from the Internet. We changed some colors, especially of her […]
Weber State (Ellis)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – July 2020 acrylic 12×12 Katie Ellis, our 11-year-old granddaughter, loves women’s basketball and her favorite team was the one from Weber State University. Her father took her to any games that came near her home in Natomas, California. I painted this on a 12×12 canvas panel as a Christmas present, […]
Warriors (Ellis)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – July 2020 acrylic 12×12 S. Godfrey, our 17-year-old grandson, was a super-fan of basketball and especially of the Golden State Warriors His favorite player is Seth Curry. I pretend to be a fan of Lebron James, just to tease him. (I am actually not into basketball at all and have […]
Olaf (Ellis)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – July 2020 acrylic 12×12 Our grandson, 15-year-old Simon, was involved in a community theater production of the Disney movie, “Frozen.” His favorite character was Olaf, the Snowman. I painted this as a Christmas present for him for 2020, adding his name. The original is below: Even though he’s very much […]
Tyler-saurus (Ellis)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – June 2020 acrylic 12×12 Tyler Ellis, 10 years old, is into the Mario video world in a big, big way. But he is also still fascinated with dinosaurs. We know because we checked with his mother. She said, “He’d love a painting of a dinosaur, but don’t make it too […]