by Godfrey J. Ellis – 14×18 Acrylic July 2024 My computer could not keep up with modern technology so a friend who is knowledgeable with such things put in a solid-state drive. That fixed it. As a thanks, I offered to paint his children or his wedding. No… he wanted his pug dogs. So, I […]
Category: Pets
Dudley the Dog (Banks)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 14×18 Acrylic Nov 2023 This was commissioned by the mother of one of the missionaries I painted. She wanted this for her husband as a Christmas present. The dog was actually in the back of a pickup truck, but she wanted the background of where the family sometimes hunted near […]
Old Rocky (Zach)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 18×20 Acrylic Jan 2021 I was working on another portrait of a granddaughter when I was interrupted by a message from a friend who was a web designer. He and I had agreed to have me paint his beloved dog, Rocky, as a work-for-work trade for a website he was […]
The Connection (Ellis)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – Oct 2019 acrylic 12×12 One of my grandsons is Samuel Godfrey Ellis – I like to call him S. Godfrey. Anyway, I loved how he and Sparky the dog made this eye-to-eye connection despite the poor dog’s cataracts! It seemed to tell a story. S. Godfrey is a basketball fan […]
My Dog, Sparky (Ellis)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – Sep 2019 and reworked Nov 2019 acrylic 12×16 This Christmas present for my granddaughter was one of the first true portraits I had painted in more than 30 years. As a result, it was frustrating to paint — I didn’t have a clue what I was doing. Then, suddenly, her […]