by Godfrey J. Ellis – 14×18 Acrylic Mar 2026 With a lull in portrait projects, I decided to paint this photograph of a car surveilling his kingdom. I have always liked this photo and thought it would be a fun challenge. I think my kitty-cat is a little skinnier than the original photo. Below are […]
Category: Pets
Blue Dog (Ellis)
by Godfrey J. Ellis This is my lovely 15-year-old granddaughter snuggling with the family dog, named (of all things) “Blue.” Below is the reference photo, which was taken in their living room. They all loved this dog and with good reason. He is cute, well-behaved, and a part of the family. I added the bracelets […]
Pair of Pugs (Larson)
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 […]
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 […]