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 […]
Category: Missionaries
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 […]
In the Countryside (Cloward)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 12×16 acrylic 2020 I have mixed feelings about this painting. It was another of the portrait gifts for a missionary who served in our area, Sister Cloward. She was only here for only a week or two. It bothers me that it is not my best work. The pattern of […]
On the Deck (McBride)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – Dec 2019 acrylic 11×14 This portrait was painted as a missionary gift for Sister McBride. She was standing on the back deck of our home on Kapalea Way in Lacey. All of the sister missionaries were sweet and kind but both Merry and I had a soft sport for this […]
Bay of Bengal (Jolley)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 15×30 Acrylic Dec 2019 Our good friends, Allen and Janine Jolley, spent 18 months on a service mission in far-off India. Of the thousands of photos that they took while there, I loved this one the most (once cropped). It is a photo of them standing on the shore of […]
Inside/Outside (Dunkley)
by Godfrey Ellis – 12×16 Acrylic Nov 2019 This is another of my portrait gifts – this one of Sister Dunkley, one of the missionaries assigned to our area. The reference photo was actually taken inside our house in the office, but she requested an outdoor background. She’s a pretty young lady but she didn’t […]
Hawaii in Washington (Walton)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 12×16 Acrylic Nov 2019 Like all of the other sister missionaries, Sister Walton was sweet and lovely. I wasn’t as pleased with this painting of her but, like all the others, it was the very best I could do at the time I did it. She was pleased with it. […]
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 […]
Striped Shirt (Durrant)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 8×10 Acrylic Oct 2019 This painting of Sister Durrant is the first of a series of paintings of young sister missionaries assigned to work in our area. I’m not pleased with this one. In my defense, there are three items that worked against me. First, the reference photo was a […]