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 […]
Category: Missionaries
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 […]