by Godfrey J. Ellis – 16×20 Acrylic 2020 The garbage collector came by on Christmas Eve wearing a Santa hat and riding in a most curious sleigh. I took a photo of him. No, I’m not desperate for people to paint…. exactly…. but it was cute and I knew it would mean a lot to […]
Category: Portraits
Shared Joy (Ellis)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 16×20 Acrylic Dec 2020 This is our oldest living son and his dear wife, one of our precious daughters-in-law. They are a delightful couple and we are so blessed to have the most wonderful relationship with both of them. The reference photo was amazing (see below) and I knew I […]
Sunset Glow (Schnell)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 16×20 Acrylic 2020 This commissioned painting was of a friend and his wife. It is a composite of two photographs. I liked Ken and the background from the top one and Sharon with her arm around Ken from the bottom one. You can see that below: Ken was very pleased […]
Sassy (Shoop)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 14×18 Acrylic Dec 2020 This is the granddaughter of a friend of ours. She is the cutest little thing and grandpa is mighty proud of her. I painted this as a surprise gift for him – he didn’t expect it at all. Although all paintings have frustrating elements, this one […]
Bouquet (Ellis)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – Sept 2020 acrylic 16×20 Our 20-year-old granddaughter, Sarah, was married on Aug 22nd. I took two wedding photographs and couldn’t decide which one to paint. So, I asked my artist friends from a FaceBook painting group and they convinced me to paint BOTH of them. So this is one of […]
Longboards (Ellis)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – Sep 2020 acrylic 16×27 Our precious granddaughter, 20-year-old Sarah, was married on Aug 22, 2020. They received many wedding gifts but none was as exciting to them as matching his/her longboards. (We had never even heard of longboards, but they are apparently a modified skateboard.) They were made by one […]
Buckingham Palace (Ellis)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 16×20 Acrylic 2020 As the title tells you, this painting was based on a photo taken in front of Buckingham Palace in London, England. We were there in 2007. I always liked the photo and decided to paint it in as a 2020 Christmas present for that beautiful woman next […]
Goggles (Ellis)
by Godfrey J. Ellis — 12×12 Acrylic Nov 2020 Goggles was painted as a gift for a young woman with three bright redhead children. She is currently going through a divorce and needs a boost. After she said on Facebook that they didn’t have money for a Christmas, I decided to paint one of her […]
Bis Später (Kessler)
by Godfrey J. Ellis — 12×12 Acrylic Nov 2020 This young boy is the grandson of one of our good friends. If you look at the dates, you will quickly realize that he died at age 20, not at age 10, as pictured. Still, this is the photo used on the memorial program and the […]
Leaves (Blume)
by Godfrey J. Ellis — Oct 2020 Acrylic 16×20 This is another portrait of Gabi, the daughter of my friend, Jeff. I had painted a portrait of his wife (see “Graduation Memories”) and another of this same daughter (see “Golden Sunshine”). “Golden Sunshine” was meant as a gift for the daughter but he decided that […]