Category: Missionaries

by Godfrey J. Ellis – 16×10 Acrylic Jan 2022 Missionary leaders, like this young man, periodically go out with new missionaries to monitor how they are doing in their service. Fun-loving Elder Groethe came to our house on one of those “splits” one day. He had seen some of my other portraits and shyly asked […]

by Godfrey J. Ellis – 14×18 Acrylic Jan 2022 This is another in my series of missionaries who served in our area. This young lady, like the others, was kind and sweet and full of youthful enthusiasm and love of life. Here she is at Capital Lake in downtown Olympia. Below is the reference photo. […]

by Godfrey J. Ellis – 14×18 Acrylic Dec 2021 This is another sister missionary who was assigned to Japan, hence the badge, but was denied access because of Covid-19. Instead, she was making the best of it in the Tacoma mission, serving in our home town. The lake held no particular memories for her except […]

by Godfrey J. Ellis – 14×18 Acrylic Dec 2021 This is another in a series of missionaries that served in our home town. Even though his tie was in style, I had fun kidding him that it was a “sissy tie” (hence the title of the painting).. He was a fun guy and I tried […]

by Godfrey J. Ellis – 16×20 Acrylic Nov. 2021 This young missionary was reluctant to have her picture taken and a portrait done but everyone urged her to do so. She agreed, but wanted it “non-traditional.” This photo with her winsome smirk was her choice of the photos and it was a lot of fun […]

by Godfrey J. Ellis – 14×18 Acrylic Oct 2021 This young sister missionary was assigned to Tacoma, Washington, to work primarily in the Cambodian-speaking branch of the Church. She was temporarily in our town and I offered to paint her portrait. I found her quite a challenge, and I don’t mean the dress, which was […]

by Godfrey J. Ellis – 14×18 Acrylic Oct 2021 This missionary came to our house on the very first day of his mission. Only 18 years old, he had all the excitement and hopes one could wish for. I wanted to capture that drive as a souvenir of his great adventure. If you think you […]

by Godfrey J. Ellis – 16×20 Acrylic Sep 2021 One of the male missionaries was transferred out of our area and, for some reason, he was not only replaced but the powers that be added a trio of sister missionarie, too. That means, four new missionaries to paint at once!   The reason the sisters were […]

by Godfrey J. Ellis – 14×18 Acrylic Sep 2021 This elder was not in our ward very long – almost exactly one month. He carried away the painting while the varnish was still drying. I took pictures of him smiling but he preferred this one, saying, “I don’t smile much!” Oh, okay…. This missionary is […]